Favorite Scriptural Analogies

[Mr. M]

Isaiah 58:

The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12 Those from among you
Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.

[Michael37]

I had to ask BingChat for its pick:

The Bible is a rich source of metaphors, idioms, and analogies that are used to describe the characteristics of a known person or event. Here are some examples of biblical phrases that are commonly used in everyday life:

• Let there be light: This phrase is used to describe discovery, understanding, or enlightenment ¹.
• Forbidden fruit: This phrase is used to describe something that is greatly desired but forbidden ¹.
• Fall from grace: This phrase is used to describe a high-status individual who has fallen on hard times or is now subject to social anathema ¹.
• By the sweat of your brow: This phrase is used to describe hard work and the difficulties of life ¹.
• My brother’s keeper: This phrase is used to describe our responsibility towards others ¹.
• As old as Methuselah: This phrase is used to describe someone or something that is very old ¹.

[Mr. M]

Revelation 1:

12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lamp stands, 

13 and in the midst of the seven lamp stands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 

14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 

15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 

16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 

17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 

18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

[Neighbor]

I think  "my favorite" is more poetry than it is pure analogy from the LORD. The key element being it is the word of God; it's understanding comes via the Holy Spirit that indwells within the believer of the Faith of Yeshua:

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

 “For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

[farouk]

2 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

I think  "my favorite" is more poetry than it is pure analogy from the LORD. The key element being it is the word of God; it's understanding comes via the Holy Spirit that indwells within the believer of the Faith of Yeshua:

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

 “For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

@Neighbor Yes, Isaiah 55 has a really engaging flow to it...............

And content with basic elements providing examples of spiritual truths: rain, snow, water..the Word of God, growth.....

[Mr. M]

Matthew 13:52 Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings forth from his treasure things new and old.

[Mr. M]

Song Of Solomon

The Beloved

Chapter 4:

4 Behold, you are fair, my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.
2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is barren among them.
3 Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.
4 Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built for an armory,
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.
5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.

[Mr. M]

Deuteronomy 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain,

my speech shall distill as the dew,

as the small rain upon the tender herb,

and as the showers upon the grass:

[Sower]

 

                  "Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path"
                                                      Psalm 119:105

[itty-bitty lamb]

Hab 3:19  

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

 

Psa 18:31-33 

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.