23 occurrences

'Compare' in the Bible

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

Verse ConceptsThe NeedyBad LeadershipBonesGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Remedies ForPoverty, SpiritualRescueGod And The PoorCaring For OthersAnatomyWho Is Like God?

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfSkyWho Is Like God?

O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God?

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfPrayer, And WorshipWho Is Like God?

None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!

Verse ConceptsComparisonsNo One Is Like GodUnique Things

For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,

Verse ConceptsMonotheismComparisonsWho Is Like God?Angels

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

Verse ConceptsWho Is Like God?

"To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfUniquenessLikeningBeyond CompareLikening God

To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

Verse ConceptsLikeningComparisonsBeyond CompareLikening God

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'

Verse ConceptsCarePride, Examples OfWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedPleasure SeekersUnique NationsNo Loss

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion

Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!

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

(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? 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

Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; deal with us in light of what you see."

Verse ConceptsAppearancesRich Food

This is how the once-proud city will end up -- the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Examples OfRidicule, Nature OfArrogant ExistenceAbasement, Examples OfHissingUnique NationsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

Verse ConceptsGenerationsWicked Described AsLikeningMarketplacesCommerceComparingLike ChildrenLikening Peoplehumor

He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

Verse ConceptsComparingJesus Using ParablesParables Of The Kingdom

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

Verse ConceptsGenerationsLikeningComparingLikening PeopleGay Marriage

Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

Verse ConceptsLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom

Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom

For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

Verse ConceptsSelf DeceptionThoughtComparingBeing Without UnderstandingCommending OneselfCompetitionmeasurement

Bible Theasaurus

Compare (36 instances)
Comparison (41 instances)
Equate (1 instance)
Liken (11 instances)

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

παραβάλλω 
Paraballo 
Usage: 1

παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

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