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Righteous » Compared with » Sheep
Righteous » Compared with » Access of, to God
Shout aloud, and sing for joy, you who live in Zion, because great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men. You will hide them in the secret place of your presence, away from the conspiracies of men. You will hide them in your tent, away from their contentious tongues.
Righteous » Compared with » Lambs
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" Peter told him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs."
Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."
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Righteous » Compared with » Eagles
but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."
He keeps satisfying you with good things, and he keeps renewing your youth like the eagle's.
Righteous » Compared with » Runners in a race
You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
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Freedom, Abuse Of ChristianAmbition, positive aspects ofAvoiding Sinevil, believers' responses toClouds, Figurative UseAttitudes, in prayerAthleticsThe Christian RaceLibertinismPatience, In Christian LivingPersecution, Attitudes ToPrizesRunningSelf DisciplineSuffering, Encouragements InConduct, ProperGames, SpiritualVictoryAbuse, Of Christian FreedomPatience Exercised
Righteous » Compared with » Little children
Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.
Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.
Righteous » Compared with » Doves
When you men lie down among the sheepfolds, you are like the wings of the dove covered with silver, with its feathers in glittering gold."
Righteous » Compared with » Vines
Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.
I went down to the walnut orchard, to look at the green sprouts in the valley, to see whether the vine had budded, whether the pomegranates had blossomed.
Righteous » Compared with » Treasure
And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,
It is Jacob whom the LORD chose for himself Israel as his personal possession.
Righteous » Compared with » The sun
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"
"May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may those who love him be like the ascending sun in its strength!" Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years.
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.
Though the precious people of Zion were like fine gold, how they are valued like clay vessels, the handiwork of a potter!
Righteous » Compared with » Babies
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.
Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.
Righteous » Compared with » Wheat
His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."
"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"
Righteous » Compared with » Lights
so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world
"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
Righteous » Compared with » Lilies
I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Lions
The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many nations, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver.
The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion.
Righteous » Compared with » Fruitful trees
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by a stream. He won't fear when the heat comes, and his leaves will be green. In a year of drought he won't be concerned, nor will he stop producing fruit."
Righteous » Compared with » Green olive trees
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the gracious love of God forever and ever.
Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Members of the body
Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it.
Righteous » Compared with » Branches of a vine
He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit.
"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
Righteous » Compared with » Good figs
One basket contained very good figs like the first figs that ripen on the tree. The other basket contained very bad figs that were too bad to be eaten. The LORD told me, "What do you see?" I replied, "Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad figs are very bad. They're too bad to be eaten." Then this message from the LORD came to me: read more.
"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Like these good figs, so I'll regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I sent from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. I'll look at them with good intentions, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up. I won't tear them down; I'll plant them and not rip them up. I'll give them the ability to know me, for I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God when they return to me with all their heart.
"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Like these good figs, so I'll regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I sent from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. I'll look at them with good intentions, and I'll bring them back to this land. I'll build them up. I won't tear them down; I'll plant them and not rip them up. I'll give them the ability to know me, for I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God when they return to me with all their heart.
Righteous » Compared with » Mount zion
Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever. Just as mountains encircle Jerusalem, so the LORD encircles his people, from now to eternity.
Righteous » Compared with » Soldiers
Join me in suffering like a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus. No one serving in the military gets mixed up in civilian matters, for his aim is to please his commanding officer.
Righteous » Compared with » Lebanon
I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon. Israel's branches will spread out, and its beauty will be like an olive tree, with its scent like that of Lebanon. Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Unfailing springs
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
Righteous » Compared with » Watered gardens
And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you'll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.
Righteous » Compared with » Pomegranates
Righteous » Compared with » Obedient children
As obedient children, do not be shaped by the desires that used to influence you when you were ignorant.
Righteous » Compared with » Strangers and pilgrims
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
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Sin, Accepting Forgiveness OfSociety, Positive Aspects OfSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InSaints, As PilgrimsAliens, Christians In The WorldChristians, Names OfForsaking SinCitizenshipLiving For The MaterialAvoiding EvilReckoned As ForeignersAbstaining From DrugsPrinciples Of WarCitizensovereatingCharacteristics Of Pilgrims
Righteous » Compared with » Vessels of gold and silver
In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use.
Righteous » Compared with » Willows by the water courses
Righteous » Compared with » Jewels
"They'll be mine," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "in the day when I prepare my treasured possession. I'll spare them, just as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Righteous » Compared with » Good fish
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.
Righteous » Compared with » Good servants
"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'
Righteous » Compared with » Cedars in lebanon
The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Palm trees
The righteous will flourish like palm trees; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Stones of a crown
The LORD their God will save them at that time as his very own flock of people, because they are his crown jewels, exalted throughout his land.
Righteous » Compared with » Living stones
you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.
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Righteous » Compared with » Wrestlers
Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.
Righteous » Compared with » Stars
Those who manifest wisdom will shine like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars for ever and ever.
Righteous » Compared with » Corn (grain)
Those who live under its protection will surely return. Their grain will flourish; they will blossom like a vine, and Israel's scent will be like wine from Lebanon.
Righteous » Compared with » Calves of the stall
But the Sun of Righteousness will arise with healing in its light for those who fear my name. You will go out and leap like calves released from their stalls
Righteous » Compared with » Dew and showers
The survivors of Jacob will live among many nations, as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass. They will look to no one, and will place no hope in human beings.
Righteous » Compared with » Salt
"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.
Righteous » Compared with » Thirsting deer
Righteous » Compared with » Trees planted beside rivers
He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither. He will prosper in everything he does.
Wicked people » Compared with » Chaff
His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Wicked people » Compared with » Dogs
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
Wicked people » Compared with » Dross
"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "Because all of you have become dross, watch out! I'm going to gather all of you at the center of Jerusalem,
Wicked people » Compared with » Bronze and iron
"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace the dross left over from smelting silver.
All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.
Wicked people » Compared with » Briers add thorns
Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off."
"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group.
Wicked people » Compared with » Blind people
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."
"And I'll bring so much distress to people that they will walk around like the blind. Because they have sinned against the LORD, their blood will be poured out like dust and their intestines will spill out like manure.
Wicked people » Compared with » Stubble
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.
Wicked people » Compared with » Animals
But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.
These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,
Wicked people » Compared with » Serpents
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
Wicked people » Compared with » Swine (pig)
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
Wicked people » Compared with » Fiery oven
All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.
When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.
Wicked people » Compared with » Moth-eaten garments
See! It is the Lord GOD who will help me. Who is it that will declare me guilty? See! They will all wear out like a garment; moths will eat them up.
For moths will eat them up just like a garment, and worms will devour them like wool; but my deliverance will last forever, and my salvation to all generations.
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass
Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
Wicked people » Compared with » Carcasses trodden underfoot
But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
Wicked people » Compared with » A wild donkey's colts
An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!"
Wicked people » Compared with » Corn (grain) blasted
while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.
Wicked people » Compared with » Disturbed sea
But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud.
Wicked people » Compared with » Raging waves of the sea
They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
Wicked people » Compared with » Grass on the housetop
while their inhabitants, lacking strength, stand dismayed and confused. They were like vegetation out in the fields, and like green herbs just as grass that grows on a housetop dries out before it can grow.
Wicked people » Compared with » Clouds without water
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted.
Wicked people » Compared with » Abominable branches
But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
Wicked people » Compared with » Wandering stars
They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
Wicked people » Compared with » Fire of thorns
They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them.
Wicked people » Compared with » The bulls of bashan
Wicked people » Compared with » Whited gravesites
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.
Wicked people » Compared with » The fuel of fire
From the wrath of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies the land has been scorched, and the people have become like fuel for the fire; no one will spare his neighbor.
Wicked people » Compared with » Green bay tree
I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.
Wicked people » Compared with » Potsherds
A clay vessel plated with a thin veneer of silver that's what smooth lips with a wicked heart are.
Wicked people » Compared with » Bad figs
""Like the bad figs that are too bad to be eaten for this is what the LORD says so I'll give up on Zedekiah king of Judah, along with his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem that is left in this land, and those living in the land of Egypt.
Wicked people » Compared with » Bad fish
When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.
Wicked people » Compared with » Garden without water
You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.
Wicked people » Compared with » Visions of the night
He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision."
Wicked people » Compared with » Lions greedy of prey
Like a lion they desire to rip us to pieces, like a young lion waiting in ambush.
Wicked people » Compared with » Wells without water
These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them.
Wicked people » Compared with » Heath in the desert
He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants.
Wicked people » Compared with » Passing whirlwinds
When the storm ends, the wicked vanish, but the righteous person is forever firm.
Wicked people » Compared with » Reprobate silver
They're called reject silver, because the LORD has rejected them.
Wicked people » Compared with » Wayward children
"To what can I compare the people living today? They're like little children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to each other,
Wicked people » Compared with » Fading oaks
You'll be like an oak whose leaf is withering, like an unwatered garden.
Wicked people » Compared with » Wheels
Wicked people » Compared with » Tares
while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one.
Wicked people » Compared with » Goats
All the nations will be assembled in front of him, and he will cull them out, one from another, like a shepherd separates sheep from goats.
Wicked people » Compared with » Early dew that passes away
Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."
Wicked people » Compared with » Morning clouds
Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."
Wicked people » Compared with » Horses rushing into the battle
I've listened and I've heard, and what they say is not right. No one repents of his evil and says, "What have I done?' "They all turn to their own course like a horse racing into battle.
Wicked people » Compared with » Fools building upon sand
"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Wicked people » Compared with » Ashes under the feet
and trample down the wicked. Indeed, they will become ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I do this," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Wicked people » Compared with » Corrupt trees
"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit,
Wicked people » Compared with » Stony ground,
Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep.
Wicked people » Compared with » Green herbs
Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.
Wicked people » Compared with » Deaf adders
Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,
Wicked people » Compared with » Melting wax
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.
Wicked people » Compared with » Scorpions
"Now as for you, Son of Man, never be afraid of them or of anything they have to say, because being with them will be like settling down to live among briers, thorn bushes, and scorpions! Don't be afraid of anything they have to say, and don't be awed by their appearance, since they are a rebellious group.
Wicked people » Compared with » Smoke
Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."
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