{"id":38266,"date":"2017-02-07T12:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/?p=38266"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:28:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:28:19","slug":"is-that-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/is-that-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is That in The Bible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I was youth pastor, at least once a year I would open up my Bible and tell the students to turn to the book of Hezekiah. After 30 seconds of pages flapping and Bible app searching, I would then reveal that there is no such book. Although, you can find King Hezekiah in 2 Kings. While it&#8217;s true that social media has fed our desire for bite sized quotes, our proclivity for out of context bites of wisdom predates Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are four of the most common quotes attributed to scripture that aren&#8217;t actually in the Bible. 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It seemed to gain greater traction when Benjamin Franklin included it in<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack#1736\"> Poor Richard&#8217;s Almanac<\/a>&nbsp;in 1736.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>&#8220;Spare the rod spoil the child.&#8221;<br><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If only eight year old you knew this wasn&#8217;t in the Bible! While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/read\/nkjv\/Proverbs\/13.24\">Proverbs 13:24<\/a> seems to have a similar principle, this is an English Proverb, not a Biblical one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>&#8220;This too shall pass.&#8221;<\/em><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This phrase has been used to help change perspective in times of difficulty. 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