47 occurrences in 12 translations

'Compared' in the Bible

"We can't attack those people," the men who were with him said, "because they're too strong compared to us."

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofBad Decision Making ExamplesStrong NationsUnable To Expel

We also saw the Nephilim, the descendants of Anak. Compared to the Nephilim, as we see things, we're like grasshoppers, and that's their opinion of us!"

Verse ConceptsMidgetsBefore The FloodInsectsGrasshoppersGiantsSmall Creaturesexploringbugs

So he said to them, “What have I done now compared to you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

Verse ConceptsGleaningGrapesMinoritiesVintageRelative Greatness

God handed over to you Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he said this, their anger against him subsided.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Now Ahithophel's advice that he provided at that time was being compared to one who inquired of God, so highly regarded was Ahithophel's counsel by both David and Absalom.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsOvernightFords

The Israelis were mustered, equipped with provisions, and sent out to fight. The Israeli encampment looked like two little flocks of goats compared to how the Aramean encampments filled the countryside!

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsSmallnessTwo GroupsFew People

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”

Verse ConceptsPeople Being SilentMaking SlavesKilling Israelitesrisk

“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]And the stars are not pure in His sight,

Verse ConceptsAstronomyShiningSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

It cannot be compared to gold from Ophir, with precious onyx, or with sapphire.

Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesBenefits Of Wisdombalance

It cannot be compared to gold and fine glass crystal, nor can it be exchanged for gold-plated weaponry.

Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsPrecious StonesTransparencyBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

It can neither be compared with the topaz of Ethiopia nor valued in comparison to pure gold."

Verse ConceptsEthiopiaPrecious StonesAfricaBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessEarsGod, The RockPitsRocksSilenceSpiritual FoundationsSpiritual DeafnessGoing Down To The PitPossibility Of DeathGod Being SilentI PrayPits As A Term For Graves

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

Verse ConceptsMonotheismComparisonsWho Is Like God?Angels

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysChoosing God's WayMaking Decisions

Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

Verse ConceptsChildlikenessQuietnessWeaningMaking Stillmomssoulbreastsbabymyself

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodPitsGoing Down To The PitGod HidingState Of The DeadPits As A Term For GravesDepression

For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Verse ConceptsValuesPrecious StonesBenefits Of WisdomUnique ThingsInternal AdornmentWorthjewelry

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

Verse ConceptsThings Like SilverThe TongueWorthValue

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

Verse ConceptsTrue Love

"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?

Verse ConceptsLikeningComparisonsBeyond CompareLikening God

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsAbsolute TruthFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsStrawChaffMisleading DreamsUnrelated ThingsSpeaking As From God

What can be said about you? To what should you be compared, fair Jerusalem? To what may I liken you, so I may comfort you, fair one of Zion? Indeed, your wound is as deep as the sea who can heal you?

Verse ConceptsSeaVirginLikeningUnique EventsDestruction Of JerusalemThings Like The SeaHuman ComfortLikening ThingsNo HealingSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHealing And Comfort

The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

Verse ConceptsBeauty Of ThingsEclipsewaterfalls

{To whom could you be compared, whether in glory or in majesty} among the trees of Eden? And yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to [the] world below; in the midst of [the] uncircumcised you will lie with {those who died by the sword}. That is Pharaoh and {his entire} crowd!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsUncircumcisionDeath Of CreaturesThings Like PeopleDying With The UncircumcisedPutting Things Down

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,‘You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations,Yet you are like the monster in the seas;And you burst forth in your riversAnd muddied the waters with your feetAnd fouled their rivers.’”

Verse ConceptsWhalesCosmic CreaturesLike Creatures

Then let our appearance and the appearance of the young men who eat the king’s finest food be observed and compared by you, and deal with your servants in accordance with what you see.”

Verse ConceptsAppearancesRich Food

At the end of ten days their appearance was better and their faces were well-nourished compared to the young men who ate the king's rich food.

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesFat PeopleAppearancesEating Meat

When the king spoke to them, none of them compared to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah as they stood before the king.

Verse ConceptsConversationUnique IndividualsServing Kings

All who live on the earth are nothing compared to him. He does what he wishes with the heavenly armies and with those who live on earth. No one can hold back his power or say to him, "What did you do?'

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillChallengesGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfHand Of GodPredestinationProvidenceStrength, DivineGod's OmnipotencePower Of God, DescribedAuthority, Belonging To GodStrength Of GodWhat Does God Do?God Works His WillOther Unimportant People

Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury.

Verse ConceptseastShepherds, As OccupationsTreasureOut Of The EastWaters Drying UpGod Dispensing WindFailing RiversTaking PossessionsFamineThe East Wind

The [pagan] nations shall see [God’s omnipotence in delivering Israel] and be ashamedOf all their might [which cannot be compared to His].They shall put their hand on their mouth [in silent astonishment];Their ears shall be deaf.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessSpiritual DeafnessPeople Being SilentDrawbacks To Man's PowerShame Will ComeUnhearing

Who among you hath been left that saw this house in its former honour? And what are ye seeing it now? Is it not, compared with it, as nothing in your eyes?

Verse ConceptsMemoriesSurvivors Of IsraelUnimportant ThingsThe First Temple

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheServanthood, In SocietyLikeningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSettling Accountsaccounting

"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.

Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom

But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.

Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristGod's attitude towards peopleParticipation, In ChristAbounding, Good ThingsGrace, Description OfSalvation, As A GiftSaving GraceGrowth In GraceMany Seeking SalvationSin Producing DeathNot Like ThingsOnly One PersonSin Produces DeathThe Grace Of ChristThe Grace Of GodGod's Grace

Nor can the free gift be compared to what came through the man who sinned. For the sentence that followed one man's offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift brought justification, even after many offenses.

Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristAssurance, nature ofCondemnation Of The WickedNot Like ThingsJudgementcondemnation

It is just as Isaiah predicted: "If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies had not left us some descendants, we would have become like Sodom and would have been compared to Gomorrah."

Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsPredicting The FutureSimilar Items

Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.

Verse ConceptsAcademicsPride, Examples OfThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanFalse WisdomFoolish PeopleDeceiving OneselfBe Wise!FoolsDeceptionwise

Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.

Verse ConceptsAntichristLiesDocetismDenying ChristSaid To Be The ChristEnemies Of GodThe FatherThose Who Are LiarsSpirit Of Antichristdenial

and exclaimed as they watched the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What could be compared to the great city?’

Verse ConceptsDust On The HeadBurning CitiesUnique Thingssmoking

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
συγκρίνω 
Sugkrino 
Usage: 3

דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 30

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 16

סלא 
Cala' 
Usage: 1

ערך 
`arak 
Usage: 76

שׁוה 
Shavah 
Usage: 21

παραβάλλω 
Paraballo 
Usage: 1

παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

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