COMPARISON.

For an explanation of this Figure of Speech, see page 7.

ISA. xxxii. 2.

And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

DEUT. xxxii. 11, 12

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

JER. xxiii. 29.

Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Ps. cxxiii. 2.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

ISA. lv. 8-11

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than my thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth

and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater;

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

PROV. iv. 18.

The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Ps. ciii. 11, 12, 13.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

HOSEA xiv. 5-7.

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

They that dwell under his shadow shall return they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

SOLOMON'S SONG ii. 2, 3.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love. among the daughters.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.

ISA. Ixi. 11.

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God

will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

JOB Vii. 9.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the grave, shall come up no more.

Ps. xlii. 1.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Ps. cxxv. 2.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth even for evermore.

Ps. cxxvii. 4.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are children of the youth.

Ps. i. 3.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the