18 Bible Verses about Likening

And to whom will you liken God? And to what likeness will you compare him?

"And to whom you will compare me, and am I equal?" says [the] holy one.

To whom will you liken me, and count as equal, and compare with me, as though we were alike?

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

"To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them--I will show you what he is like:

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? It is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his own garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."

"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.