Cute Little Sayings

As I sit in my chair and look out the window this morning, in the early morning of the rising sun, the skies are a red and orange hue.  I'm reminded of an old saying that went something like this:  "Red at night, Sailor's delight, red in the morning, Sailor's warning."

Then I began to think of other cute little sayings that I have heard from time to time, either by sound bites on TV, or in everyday conversations, and realized that these sayings are in reality, shortcuts and simplified statements from verses in the word of God.

Let me give you some other examples.

The cute little saying, "A little bird told me "Actually, is found in Ecclesiastes 10:20; "Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."

"Look before you leap." is found in Proverbs 14:15.  "The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going."

How about, "When you pay it forward, it will come back to you."  It's not 'Karma' my friend, it's the promise of God.  You can find this in Galatians 6:7, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

What about when you find yourself "between a rock and a hard place?"  That's found in 1 Samuel 14:4a.

"And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side:"

It's actually been fun to ponder what cute little sayings I have heard and compare them with Scripture to see where this thought actually originated.

There's a lot more out there, can you find them yourself?

The next time I hear a cute little saying...

    I will search God's Word...

        to see what He has to say about it...

            But that's just me!

Oh-the cute little saying about the red sky in the morning and the red sky at night, you can find in Matthew 16:2,3 from the words of Jesus Himself.  He says, "He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.  And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"