18 Bible Verses about Likening

Most Relevant Verses

Isaiah 40:18

Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

Isaiah 40:25

Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

Isaiah 46:5

Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

Matthew 11:16

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

Luke 7:31

What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

Luke 6:47

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

Lamentations 2:13

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?

Matthew 18:23

For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

Matthew 13:24

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

Matthew 13:31

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:

Luke 13:18-19

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.

Matthew 20:1

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.

Matthew 25:1

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.

Matthew 25:14

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 40:18

Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

Likening People

Matthew 11:16

But 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 2:13

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?

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