TSIWBTFIW - A statement of the difficulty in living up to the high moral standards that one has set oneself.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
SG - Acting meanly after a disappointment.
Sour grapes
TWOSID - Sinners will be cast into everlasting torment.
The wages of sin is death
FWMM - Faith is immensely powerful.
Faith will move mountains
BTD - Fall to the ground, wounded or dead.
Bite the dust
BATP - All hail to those who try for no wars.
Blessed are the peacemakers
AIMBK - How would I know about my sibling?
Am I my brother's keeper?
FSTS - Progress from one success to another higher level of success.
From strength to strength
TWIOTW - Disaster or danger is imminent.
The writing is on the wall
HATMF - The previously powerful are now reduced.
How are the mighty fallen
BTSOYT - Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster.
By the skin of your teeth
MACBFAC - alluding to the variety in qualities of humankind.
Many are called but few are chosen
ITBWTW - The first line of St. John's Gospel, in which he lays out the fundamental nature of God.
In the beginning was the Word
AHWE - Perplexed; unable to think what to do.
At his wits end
AOAM - Very Old.
As old as Methuselah
LOTFOTL - Living well; fed by abundant crops.
Living off the fat of the land
ATMP - Nothing lasts forever.
All things must pass
WIM - I am distressed; sad; grieved.
Woe is me
AMAMOH - A kindred spirit - someone I can agree with.
A man after my own heart
TSAT - The span of a life. In the days that this was coined that was considered to be seventy years.
Three score and ten
CALCIS? - Proverbial question, querying the ability of any person or creature to change its innate being.
Can a leopard change its spots?
LNTSGDOYW - Do not hold on to your anger for more than one day.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath
FFG - To fall from position of high esteem.
Fall from grace
FETTIAS - There is an appropriate time for everything.
For every thing there is a season
TBTGTTR - It is nicer if you give than accept.
It's better to give than to receive
AYSSSYR - Your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind.
As you sow so shall you reap
STRASTC - The notion that children will only flourish if punished, physically or otherwise, for any wrongdoing.
Spare the rod and spoil the child
FTFTKNWTD - Jesus' words from the cross, asking forgiveness for those who put him to death. More widely, of course, the plea was for all humanity.
Forgive them for they know not what they do
ATITF - A persistent difficulty or annoyance.
A thorn in the flesh
LTN - Adore the one next door.
Love thy neighbour
TROTM - The essential or inner part of something.
The root of the matter
LTTS - In an unconcerned manner - unaware of any impending catastrophe.
Lamb to the slaughter
GUTG - To die, or in the case of inanimate objects, to cease working.
Give up the ghost
ATTAM - Omnipresent - all important.
All things to all men
P, HT - Attend to one's own faults, in preference to pointing out the faults of others.
Physician, heal thyself
NRFTW - the bad shall be tormented.
No rest for the wicked
AFITO - A small but irritating flaw that spoils the whole thing.
A fly in the ointment
ADITB - A very small proportion of the whole.
A drop in the bucket
AEFAE, ATFAT - The notion that for every wrong done there should be a compensating measure of justice.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
ATA, DTD - We come from Earth; We return there.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
TSOTE - Those of great worth and reliability.
The salt of the earth
FTGF - An evangelical call to believe in and spread the Christian faith.
Fight the good fight
BSIP - Turn to peaceful pursuits and away from war.
Beat swords into ploughshares
FF - A prohibited article.
Forbidden fruit
GS - Someone who helps another in need for compassionate motives and with no thought of reward.
Good Samaritan
TBLTB - Uninformed and incompetent people leading others who are similarly incapable.
The blind leading the blind
WGHJTLNMPA - The part of the Christian marriage ceremony that states God's authority over man.
What God has joined together let no man put asunder
AOATH - Exceedingly old - usually in reference to people rather than things.
As old as the hills
MCRO - I have more than enough for my needs.
My cup runneth over
TLOMITROAE - Every bad thing can be sourced to the greed of green bills.
The Love of money is the root of all evil
TPTB - The established government of authority.
The powers that be
MDNLBBA - Physical nourishment is not sufficient for a healthy life; man also has spiritual needs.
Man does not live by bread alone
GTBMS - The reply of Jesus when tempted by the Devil.
Get thee behind me Satan
FOYL - One's children.
Fruit of your loins
ABITHIWTITB - It's better to have a small actual advantage than the chance of a greater one.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
TAOME - Figuratively it is something, or more usually someone, cherished above others.
The apple of my eye
AMOS - Many bad things!
A multitude of sins