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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">5 Bible Quotes That Really
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>Scripture says, "God helps those who
help themselves." Or does it?</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>Search all you want in both the Old Testament
and the New Testament. You won't find it anywhere. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Call it phantom scripture. It sounds like it
should be in the Bible--and maybe someone you respect told you it was, but it's
not. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"The Bible may be the most revered book
in America,
but it's also one of the most misquoted," reports CNN correspondent John Blake,
who assembled the most oft-quoted phantom Bible passages and their real source.
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The top five phantom Bible passages:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><b><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>1. "God helps those who help themselves."</b><br>
<b>Origin: </b>Benjamin Franklin in "Poor Richard's Almanac" </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2. "Spare the rod, spoil the child."</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br>
Origin: It's almost in the Bible. This is similar to, but not the same as,
Proverbs 13:24: "The one who withholds [or spares] the rod is one who
hates his son." </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>3. "God works in mysterious
ways."</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br>
<b>Origin: </b>A paraphrase of a 19th century hymn by the English poet William
Cowper. "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>4. "Cleanliness is next to
godliness."</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br>
<b>Origin: </b>Coined by John Wesley, the 18th century evangelist who founded
Methodism. </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">5. "Pride goes before a fall."</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><br>
<b>Origin: </b>It's close to Proverbs 16:18: "Pride goeth before
destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall." </span></div>
<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Why do we think these phantom passages are
in the Bible? </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">One Bible professor
says it's because people like the idea that biblical passages reinforce their
own pre-existing beliefs. "Most people who profess a deep love of the
Bible have never actually read the book," Rabbi Rami Shapiro told CNN.
"They have memorized parts of texts that they can string together to prove
the biblical basis for whatever it is they believe in, but they ignore the vast
majority of the text." </span></div>
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<div><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Ignorance isn't the only reason we think
phantom biblical passages are real. </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We're
also just plain confused since many of these phantom verses do reflect actual
biblical concepts, good common sense or folk wisdom. </span></div>
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<div><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"></font></font>--From the Editors at Netscape</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></div>
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