14 Bible Verses about Figures Of Speech

Which things are spoken figuratively: for these are the two covenants; one truly from mount Sinai, begetting to bondage, which is Agar.

The trees going forth went to anoint over them a king; and they will say to the olive, Reign thou over us. And the olive will say to them, Left I my fatness which by me they will honor God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees? And the trees will say to the fig tree, Come thou, reign over us.read more.
And the fig tree will say to them, Left I my sweetness, and my good produce, and went I to wander about over the trees? And the trees will say to the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. And the vine will say to them, Left I my new wine-making, rejoicing God and men, and went I to wander about over the trees? And all the trees will say to the buckthorn. Come thou, reign over us. And the buckthorn will say to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow: and if not, fire shall come forth from the buckthorn and shall consume the cedars of Lebanon.

And profane and old women's fictions reject, and exercise thyself in devotion.

And the rovers were gathered together to war with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is upon the lip of the sea for multitude: and they will come up and encamp in Michmash, east of the House of Nothing.

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they be written every one, neither do I suppose the world itself will receive the books written. Amen.

Not all sent: not all prophets: not all teachers: not all powers: All have not the favors of healing: not all speaking with tongues: not all interpret accurately.

I say to you, that so shall joy be in heaven over one sinful repenting, more than over ninety-nine just, which have no need of repentance. Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, lights not a lamp, and sweeps the house, and seeks diligently till she should find? And having found, she calls together female friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me; for I found the drachma which I lost.read more.
So, I say to you, joy is in heaven before the messengers of God for one sinful changing the mind.

And he said to them, Having gone, say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and complete cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I am completed.

And the disciples having come near, said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

And Lamech will say his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, and give ear to my word: for I killed a man to my wound, and a son to my cutting. If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, also Lamech seventy and seven.

For with joy shall ye go forth, and in peace shall ye be led forth; the mountains and hills shall break forth before you into shouting, and all the trees of the field shall clap the hand.

And having twined a crown of thorns, they put upon, his head: and a reed upon his right hand: and having fallen upon the knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And the daughter of Zion was left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a field of cucumbers, as a city besieged. Unless Jehovah of armies left to us an escaping so small, we were as Sodom and we were made like to Gomorrah.

For a thousand years in thine eyes as the day of yesterday, for it shall pass away, and watches in the night. Thou didst overwhelm them; in sleep shall they be; in the morning as the grass will pass away. In the morning it will flourish, and it will pass away at evening; it will be cut off and will dry up.