18 Bible Verses about Likening
Most Relevant Verses
To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.
"To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
"To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:
What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
"Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches."
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
Topics on Likening
Likening People
Matthew 11:16"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
Likening Things
Lamentations 2:13What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
