18 Bible Verses about Likening
Most Relevant Verses
"To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.
What shall I testify of you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is great like the sea. Who can heal you?
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."
"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
"For it is like a man, going on a journey, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
Topics on Likening
Likening God
Isaiah 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
Likening People
Matthew 11:16"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
Likening Things
Lamentations 2:13What shall I testify of you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is great like the sea. Who can heal you?