Symbols and Similitudes
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Symbols and Similitudes’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 145–168 of 222 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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Luke 22:19 NT
He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”
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Matthew 18:3 NT
and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Mark 10:14 NT
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
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Mark 10:15 NT
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
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Luke 18:16 NT
Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.
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Luke 18:17 NT
Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive God’s Kingdom like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”
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John 6:31-58 NT
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’ ” Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father…
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John 3:5 NT
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
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John 7:38 NT
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
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John 7:39 NT
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
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Ezekiel 16:9 OT
“ ‘ “Then washed I you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
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I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.
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that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
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let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
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Psalms 1:3 OT
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
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Isaiah 27:3 OT
I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
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Isaiah 27:6 OT
In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
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Isaiah 44:3 OT
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
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Isaiah 44:4 OT
and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
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Isaiah 58:11 OT
and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.
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Matthew 3:11 NT
I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
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Isaiah 4:4 OT
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.
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Malachi 3:2 OT
“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
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Malachi 3:3 OT
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.