12 Bible Verses about Metaphors

one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and above you all, and in all.

Then Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one coming unto me can never hunger, and the one believing on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That you have seen, and you do not believe. Everything which the Father giveth unto me shall come to me; and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.read more.
Because I have come down from heaven, not that I may do my own will, but the will of Him that sent me. And this is the will of the One having sent me, that everything that the Father has given unto me I shall lose nothing of it, but I shall raise it up in the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one seeing the Son, and believing on Him, may have eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. Then the Jews were murmuring concerning Him, because He said, I am the bread having come down from heaven, and they continued to say, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how does He now say; I have come down from heaven? Jesus responded and said to them, Murmur not with one another. No one is able to come unto me, unless the Father who sent me may draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophets, They shall all be taught of God; every one hearing and learning from the Father, comes to me. No one has seen the Father, except the One who is with God, He hath seen God. Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one believing has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died; this is the bread coming down from heaven, that any one may eat of it, and not die. I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you always,

When the Comforter, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, may come, He will witness concerning me,

But now I tell you the truth; it is profitable to you that I may go away. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I may go, I will send Him to you.

The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit.

Let us rejoice and be glad, and give glory to him! because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride is adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice speaking from the throne, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with the people, and he will tabernacle with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them: and he will wipe every tear out of their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither will there be any more sorrow, nor crying, nor pain: because the former things have passed away.read more.
And the one sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he says, Write: that these words are faithful and true. And he said to me, They are done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. The one conquering shall inherit all things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me a son. But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, shall be their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

Both the Spirit and the bride are saying, Come. And let the one hearing say, Come. And let the one thirsting come; let the one who is willing receive the water of life freely.