Wayside Impressions

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Psalm 23:5
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Matthew 20:22-23 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. [23] And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized wit...

"A Daniel come to judgement! Yea a Daniel!
O wise young judge, how I honour thee!"
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. (Act 4, Scene 1)

A reference from the Apocrypha. Daniel acts as a wise judge in the stories of Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon.

Meaning: To be full of energy and out of control.

Joel 2:7
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

Meaning: Full of happiness and elation.

Caught up to a heavenly level.

2 Cor. 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

Meaning: A man should take care of his own family before venturing to give charity to others. 1 Tim. 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. John Wyclif (1380) "Charite shuld bigyne at hemself."

Job 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Job 21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. Psalm 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of h...

Matthew 10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matthew 11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. Matthew 11:24 But I say unto you, That ...

Romans 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Meaning: Very ill, indifferent to worldly affairs.

Col. 2:20
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

"In the midst of life we are in death."
Anglican funeral liturgy (1662)

1 Tim. 5:6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

John 6:39-40 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. [40] And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: a...

Matthew 25:14-19 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. [15] And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his jo...

"Out of the jaws of death" From Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The idea of the grave swallowing men in death is from the Bible. Numbers 16:29-34 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. [30] But if the Lord mak...