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Compared To Saints

58 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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Babes

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Branches of a Vine

John 15:2 He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
John 15:4–5 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. …

Calves of the Stall

Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Cedars in Lebanon

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Corn

Hosea 14:7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Dew and Showers

Micah 5:7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Doves

Psalm 68:13 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
Isaiah 60:8 Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Eagles

Psalm 103:5 who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Fruitful Trees

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Jeremiah 17:8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Gold

Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Lamentations 4:2 How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Good Figs

Jeremiah 24:2–7 One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten. …

Good Fishes

Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

Good Servants

Matthew 25:21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Green Olive Trees

Psalm 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Hosea 14:6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Jewels

Malachi 3:17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Lambs

Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

Lebanon

Hosea 14:5–7 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. …

Lights

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Lilies

Song of Solomon 2:2 Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
Hosea 14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Lions

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Micah 5:8 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to …

Little Children

Matthew 18:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Lively Stones

1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Members of the Body

1 Corinthians 12:20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Mount Zion

Psalm 125:1–2 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever. …

Obedient Children

1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.

Palm Trees

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Pomegranates

Song of Solomon 4:13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

Runners in a Race

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

Salt

Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Sheep

Psalm 78:52 He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Matthew 25:33 He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.
John 10:4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

Soldiers

2 Timothy 2:3–4 Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. …

Stars

Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Stones of a Crown

Zechariah 9:16 On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

Strangers and Pilgrims

1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

The Sun

Judges 5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Thirsting Deer

Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Treasure

Exodus 19:5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations — for the whole earth is Mine.
Psalm 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

Trees Planted by Rivers

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Unfailing Springs

Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Vessels of Gold and Silver

2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

Vines

Song of Solomon 6:11 I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Hosea 14:7 They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Watered Gardens

Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Wheat

Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 13:29–30 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them. …

Willows by the Water Courses

Isaiah 44:4 They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

Wrestlers

2 Timothy 2:5 Likewise, a competitor does not receive the crown unless he competes according to the rules.

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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.