10 Bible Verses about Likening Things

What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

'Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the reign of God?

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,