Bible Verses about 'Like'
But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! |
There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. | There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. |
For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or like a watch in the night. | A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. |
The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
I have wiped out your wrongdoings like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. | I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. |
“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.” | “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” |
Like a city that is broken into and without walls So is a person who has no self-control over his spirit. | Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. |
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah | I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land. |
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. | Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. |
The Lord God is my strength, And He has made my feet like deer’s feet, And has me walk on my high places. | The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights. |
But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. | But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. |
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. | But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. |
For this reason You are great, Lord God; for there is no one like You, and there is no God except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. |
A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. | The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. |
May my teaching drip as the rain, My speech trickle as the dew, As droplets on the fresh grass, And as the showers on the vegetation. | Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. |
The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body. | The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. |
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. | Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. |
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. | Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. |
And like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation. | Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. |
Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flames are flames of fire, The flame of the Lord. | Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. |
But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and frolic like calves from the stall. | But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. |
Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. | Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. |
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. |
I, I Myself, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of mortal man, And of a son of man who is made like grass. | I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass. |
Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. | Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. |
Bible verse of the day
A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.