10 Bible Verses about Likening Things
Most Relevant Verses
What can I say for you? What can I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction [is] as vast as the sea; who can heal you?
"For this [reason] the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.
Therefore he said, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it?
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.
For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.
