18 Bible Verses about Likening
Most Relevant Verses
To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?
Of what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their playmates.
Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.
What example am I to give you? What comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your destruction is great like the sea. Who is able to make you well?
He told another illustration, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man that sowed good seed in his field.
In another illustration Jesus said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man sowed in his field.
Jesus continued: To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? What is it like? It is like this. A man plants a mustard seed in his field. The plant grows and becomes a tree. The birds make their nests in its branches.
The kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
It is like a man going to another country. He called his servants and put them in charge of his property.
Topics on Likening
Likening People
Matthew 11:16Of what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their playmates.
Likening Things
Lamentations 2:13What example am I to give you? What comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your destruction is great like the sea. Who is able to make you well?