18 Bible Verses about Likening
Most Relevant Verses
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,
What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?
Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:
What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it? It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.
For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.
Topics on Likening
Likening God
Isaiah 40:18Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
Likening People
Matthew 11:16But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,
Likening Things
Lamentations 2:13What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?