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1. Gen. 25: 25
   
   

     25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
2. Judg. 16: 12
   
   

     12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
3. 1 Sam. 17: 7
   
   

     7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
4. 2 Sam. 21: 19
   
   

     19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
5. 1 Kgs. 18: 44
   
   

     44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
6. 1 Chr. 11: 23
   
   

     23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
7. 1 Chr. 20: 5
   
   

     5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
8. Job 5: 26
   
   

     26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
9. Job 8: 2
   
   

     2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
10. Job 11: 12
    
    

      12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
11. Job 12: 25
    
    

      25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
12. Job 14: 2, 9
    
    

      2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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      9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
13. Job 16: 14
    
    

      14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
14. Job 19: 10
    
    

      10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
15. Job 21: 11
    
    

      11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
16. Job 38: 3
    
    

      3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
17. Job 40: 7, 17
    
    

      7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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      17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18. Job 41: 31
    
    

      31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
19. Ps. 1: 3
    
    

      3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
20. Ps. 2: 9
    
    

      9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
21. Ps. 7: 2
    
    

      2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
22. Ps. 17: 12
    
    

      12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
23. Ps. 22: 15
    
    

      15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
24. Ps. 29: 6
    
    

      6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
25. Ps. 31: 12
    
    

      12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
26. Ps. 37: 35
    
    

      35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
27. Ps. 39: 11
    
    

      11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
28. Ps. 52: 2, 8
    
    

      2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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      8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
29. Ps. 55: 6
    
    

      6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
30. Ps. 59: 6, 14
    
    

      6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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      14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
31. Ps. 64: 3
    
    

      3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
32. Ps. 77: 20
    
    

      20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
33. Ps. 78: 52, 57, 65
    
    

      52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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      57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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      65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
34. Ps. 80: 1
    
    

      1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
35. Ps. 83: 13
    
    

      13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
36. Ps. 92: 12
    
    

      12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
37. Ps. 102: 6, 11, 26
    
    

      6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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      11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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      26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
38. Ps. 103: 13
    
    

      13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
39. Ps. 104: 2
    
    

      2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
40. Ps. 105: 41
    
    

      41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
41. Ps. 107: 27, 41
    
    

      27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
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      41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42. Ps. 119: 83, 176
    
    

      83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
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      176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
43. Ps. 140: 3
    
    

      3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
44. Prov. 17: 22
    
    

      22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
45. Prov. 23: 32
    
    

      32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
46. Prov. 25: 19, 28
    
    

      19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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      28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
47. Prov. 26: 23
    
    

      23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
48. Prov. 28: 3
    
    

      3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
49. Song. 2: 9, 17
    
    

      9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
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      17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
50. Song. 4: 2-3
    
    

      2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
    
    

      3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

51. Song. 7: 2, 7
      2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
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      7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
52. Song. 8: 14
      14 ¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
53. Isa. 5: 28-29
      28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
      29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
54. Isa. 10: 13
      13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
55. Isa. 14: 19
      19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
56. Isa. 16: 11
      11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
57. Isa. 17: 13
      13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
58. Isa. 18: 4
      4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
59. Isa. 22: 18
      18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.
60. Isa. 24: 20
      20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
61. Isa. 26: 17
      17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
62. Isa. 27: 10
      10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
63. Isa. 30: 33
      33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
64. Isa. 33: 9
      9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness: and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
65. Isa. 38: 12, 14
      12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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      14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
66. Isa. 40: 11
      11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
67. Isa. 42: 13-14
      13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
      14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
68. Isa. 49: 2
      2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
69. Isa. 50: 7
      7 ¶ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
70. Isa. 51: 6, 8
      6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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      8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
71. Isa. 58: 1, 11
      1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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      11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
72. Isa. 59: 19
      19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
73. Isa. 66: 12, 14-15
      12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
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      14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
      15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
74. Jer. 2: 30
      30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
75. Jer. 9: 12
      12 ¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
76. Jer. 11: 19
      19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
77. Jer. 23: 9, 29
      9 ¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of his holiness.
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      29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
78. Jer. 25: 34
      34 ¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
79. Jer. 26: 18
      18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
80. Jer. 46: 8, 20, 22
      8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
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      20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
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      22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
81. Jer. 48: 38
      38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
82. Jer. 49: 19
      19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
83. Jer. 50: 42, 44
      42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
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      44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
84. Jer. 51: 33-34
      33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
      34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
85. Lam. 2: 3-4, 18
      3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
      4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
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      18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
86. Lam. 3: 52
      52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
87. Lam. 4: 8
      8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
88. Lam. 5: 10
      10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
89. Ezek. 19: 10
      10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
90. Ezek. 22: 25
      25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
91. Ezek. 32: 2
      2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
92. Ezek. 36: 37
      37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
93. Ezek. 38: 9
      9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
94. Ezek. 43: 2
      2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
95. Dan. 7: 4-6
      4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
      5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
      6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
96. Dan. 11: 40
      40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
97. Hosea 2: 3
      3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
98. Hosea 7: 6, 11, 16
      6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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      11 ¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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      16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
99. Hosea 9: 11
      11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
100. Hosea 11: 10
       10 They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. 

     101. Hosea 13: 8
            8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
     102. Hosea 14: 8
            8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
     103. Joel 1: 8
            8 ¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
     104. Joel 2: 9
            9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
     105. Amos 9: 5
            5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
     106. Micah 4: 10
            10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
     107. Micah 7: 17
            17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
     108. Nahum 2: 8
            8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
     109. Zeph. 2: 13
            13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
     110. Zech. 10: 7
            7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
     111. Zech. 12: 6
            6 ¶ In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
     112. Mal. 3: 2
            2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
     113. Matt. 3: 16
            16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
     114. Matt. 13: 31, 45, 47, 52
            31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
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            45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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            47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
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            52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
     115. Matt. 20: 1
            1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
     116. Matt. 22: 2
            2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
     117. Mark 1: 10
            10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
     118. Mark 4: 31
            31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
     119. Luke 3: 22
            22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
     120. Luke 6: 48-49
            48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
            49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
     121. Luke 13: 19
            19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
     122. John 1: 32
            32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
     123. Acts 8: 32
            32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
     124. James 1: 6, 23
            6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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            23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
     125. Rev. 2: 18
            18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
     126. Rev. 4: 3, 7
            3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
                •  •  •
            7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
     127. Rev. 11: 1
            1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
     128. Rev. 13: 2, 11
            2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
                •  •  •
            11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
     129. Rev. 18: 21
            21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
     130. Rev. 21: 11
            11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
     131. 1 Ne. 10: 12
            12 Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like unto an olive-tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.
     132. 1 Ne. 21: 2
            2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
     133. 2 Ne. 5: 21
            21 And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.
     134. 2 Ne. 7: 7
            7 For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
     135. 2 Ne. 8: 6, 8
            6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
                •  •  •
            8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
     136. 2 Ne. 10: 18
            18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel.
     137. 2 Ne. 15: 28
            28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.
     138. 2 Ne. 20: 13
            13 For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man;
     139. 2 Ne. 24: 19
            19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
     140. 2 Ne. 27: 3
            3 And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be unto them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.
     141. Jacob 5: 3
            3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.
     142. Mosiah 2: 38
            38 Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God, the demands of divine justice do awaken his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.
     143. Mosiah 12: 5
            5 Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.
     144. Hel. 12: 10
            10 And by the power of his voice they are broken up, and become smooth, yea, even like unto a valley.
     145. Hel. 14: 23
            23 And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there shall be many mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there shall be many places which are now called valleys which shall become mountains, whose height is great.
     146. 3 Ne. 24: 2
            2 But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap.
     147. 3 Ne. 28: 15
            15 And whether they were in the body or out of the body, they could not tell; for it did seem unto them like a transfiguration of them, that they were changed from this body of flesh into an immortal state, that they could behold the things of God.
     148. Ether 2: 17
            17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
     149. Ether 6: 7
            7 And it came to pass that when they were buried in the deep there was no water that could hurt them, their vessels being tight like unto a dish, and also they were tight like unto the ark of Noah; therefore when they were encompassed about by many waters they did cry unto the Lord, and he did bring them forth again upon the top of the waters.
     150. D&C 45: 36
            36 And when the light shall begin to break forth, it shall be with them like unto a parable which I will show you— 

          151. D&C 64: 37
                 37 Behold, I, the Lord, have made my church in these last days like unto a judge sitting on a hill, or in a high place, to judge the nations.
          152. D&C 85: 8
                 8 While that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning.
          153. D&C 128: 24
                 24 Behold, the great day of the Lord is at hand; and who can abide the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap; and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation.
          154. D&C 130: 7
                 7 But they reside in the presence of God, on a globe like a sea of glass and fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord.
          155. D&C 135: 4
                 4 When Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up to the pretended requirements of the law, two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: “I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer’s morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men. I SHALL DIE INNOCENT, AND IT SHALL YET BE SAID OF ME—HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD.”—The same morning, after Hyrum had made ready to go—shall it be said to the slaughter? yes, for so it was—he read the following paragraph, near the close of the twelfth chapter of Ether, in the Book of Mormon, and turned down the leaf upon it:
          156. D&C 136: 35
                 35 And now cometh the day of their calamity, even the days of sorrow, like a woman that is taken in travail; and their sorrow shall be great unless they speedily repent, yea, very speedily.