Shibboleth

"Keeping them unspotted from the world" is a phrase which is part of the Anglican (Episcopal) liturgy and which derives from the 14th cent. word meaning "undefiled" and in the beautiful King James Bible (James 1:26,27)

Saw it today in my devotions and reflected that the UGLY modern speech which has swept away the cadences of the King James and the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, still retains these in unexpected islands of biblical speech...

Consider:

"A law unto themselves

A man after his own heart

A stumbling block

A thief in the night

A thorn in the flesh

All these things must come to pass

All things to all men

And the word was made flesh

At their wit's end

Be fruitful and multiply

Born again

Bottomless pit

By their fruits ye shall know them

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins

Crumbs which fall from ... table

Death, where is thy sting

Den of thieves

Dreamer of dreams

Eat, drink and be merry

Eye for an eye

Fallen from grace

Fatted calf

Fell by the way side

Fell flat on his face

Fell on stony ground

Fight the good fight

From strength to strength

Get thee behind me

Give up the ghost

God forbid

Holier than thou

Honour thy father and mother

How are the mighty fallen

In the twinkling of an eye

Land of Nod

Led as a sheep to the slaughter

Left hand know what thy right hand doeth

Let my people go

Let there be light

Love thy neighbour as thyself

Milk and honey

Money is the root of all evil

My brother's keeper

My name is legion

New wine into old bottles

No room for them in the inn

Out of the mouths of babes

Physician, heal thyself

Put the words in her mouth

Scapegoat

Seek and ye shall find

Set thine house in order

Sheep's clothing

Suffer fools gladly

Take root

The blind lead the blind

The last shall be first

The leopard [change] his spots

The lost sheep

The powers that be

The signs of the times

The skin of my teeth

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak

They know not what they do

Thou shalt not bear false witness

To give than to receive

Turn to him the other [cheek]

Turned the world upside down

Two are better than one

Two-edged sword

Vengeance is mine

Wandering stars

White as snow

Woe is me"

If you have used any of these, then the KJV is your heritage.