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Similes? Yes, similes. Similes involve comparing one thing to another. Here are some examples of similes:
(1)
As proud as peacock.
(2)As cold as ice.
So, are you ready to smile? Are you hungry for some bible trivia? Then take a bite at this similes based on the characters and events in the bible. Here are some similes for your smile. Here is how it works: You will be given an attribute or quality and you will be asked to match it a character or event in the bible that matches it. You will be hinted as to what the correct / expected response is with a bible verse. For instance:
As smart as ______________
Hint: "As for these four men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom" (Daniel 1:17 New King James Version NKJV).
"These four men" are Shadrach (Hananiah), Meshach (Mishael), Abed-Nego (Azariah) and Daniel (Belteshazzar).
Hence, the simile will read as As smart as Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-Nego and Daniel.
The responses / answers are given at the tail end. See if you can pick the hint and match the comparisons. Or to put it another way, let's see if you are as smart as Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-Nego and Daniel. Got it hot shot? Good. Let's begin.
1.As ageless as ________
Hint: "His clothing was as white as snow, his hair like whitest wool. He sat on a fiery throne with wheels of blazing fire, and a river of fire flowed from his presence. Millions of angels ministered to him, and a hundred million stood to attend him." (Daniel 7:9-10 New Living Translation NLT)
"Before the mountains were created, before you made the earth and the world, you are ........, without beginning or end." (Psalms 90:2 NLT)
2.As bright as _________
Hint: "And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light." (Revelation 21:23 NLT)
3.As endless as ________
Hint: "God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart,.......... "(Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT)
"Before the mountains were created, before you made the earth and the world, you are ........, without beginning or end." (Psalms 90:2 NLT)
4.As cunning as _______
Hint: "(It) was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'you shall not eat of every tree of the garden'? (Genesis 3:1 NKJV)
5.As wise as __________
Hint: "29 God gave (him) great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge too vast to be measured. 30 In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men ........ 31 He was wiser than anyone else, .......... His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations. 32 He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs." (1 Kings 4:29-32 NLT)
6.As arrogant as _______
Hint: "If your man is able to kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! I defy the armies of Israel! Send me a man who will fight with me!" When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken." (1 Samuel 17:9-11 NLT)
7.As deceptive as ______
Hint: "And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "(It) deceived me, and I ate." (Genesis 3:13 NKJV)
8.As strong as ________
Hint: "The leaders of the Philistines went to her and said, "Find out .............. what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."........... But (he) snapped the bowstrings as if they were string that had been burned in a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered." (Judges 16:5,9 NLT)
9.As humble as ________
Hint: "Now (he) was more humble than any other person on earth." (Numbers 12:3 NLT)
10.As disobedient as ___
Hint: "But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. Listening to him is much better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as bad as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you from being king." (1 Samuel 15:22-23 NLT)
11.As dynamic as _____
Hint: "You have seen everything the LORD your God has done for you during my lifetime. The LORD your God has fought for you against your enemies. I have allotted to you as an inheritance all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conqueredfrom the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. This land will be yours, ............ (Joshua 23:3-5 NLT)
"So (He) conquered the entire regionthe hill country, the Negev, the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, and the mountains and lowlands of Israel. 17 The Israelite territory now extended all the way ............(Joshua 11:16-17 NLT)
12.As patient as ______
Hint: "His wife said to him, "Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die." (Job 2:9 NLT)
13.As evasive as _____
Hint: "Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh! Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are." But (he) got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping that by going away to the west he could escape from the LORD." (Jonah 1:2-3 NLT)
14.As hypocritical as _____
Hint: "How terrible it will be for you ............ and you .......... Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you ignore the important things of the law - justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things. Blind guides! You strain your water so you won't accidentally swallow a gnat; then you swallow a camel! "How terrible it will be for you .......... and you ............ Hypocrites! You are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthyfull of greed and self-indulgence! Blind .........! First wash the inside of the cup, and then the outside will become clean, too. "How terrible it will be for you ........... and you .......... Hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombsbeautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people's bones and all sorts of impurity. You try to look like upright people outwardly, but inside your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness." (Matthew 23:23-28 NLT)
15.As hesitant as _____
Hint: "What is truth?" (he) asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, "He is not guilty of any crime. But you have a custom of asking me to release someone from prison each year at Passover. So if you want me to, I'll release the King of the Jews." (John 18:38-39 NLT)
16.As believing / compliant as ______
Hint: "Then the LORD told (him), "Leave your country, your relatives, and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you............ So (he) departed as the LORD had instructed him, ........ "Take your son, your only sonyes, Isaac, whom you love so muchand go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you." The next morning (he) got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son Isaac. Then he chopped wood to build a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place where God had told him to go. (Genesis 12:1,4 and 22:2-3 NLT)
17.As stubborn as _____
Hint: "The LORD announced that he would send the plague the very next day, and he did it, just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians began to die, but the Israelites didn't lose a single animal from their flocks and herds. (He) sent officials to see whether it was true that none of the Israelites' animals were dead. But even after he found it to be true, his heart remained stubborn. He still refused to let the people go." (Exodus 9:5-7 NLT)
18.As proud as ______
Hint: "Twelve months later, he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon. As he looked out across the city, he said, 'Just look at this great city of Babylon! I, by my own mighty power, have built this beautiful city as my royal residence and as an expression of my royal splendor.' "While he was still speaking these words, a voice called down from heaven, 'O King ......., this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom. You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.' "That very same hour the prophecy was fulfilled, ............ "When my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers and officers sought me out, and I was reestablished as head of my kingdom, with even greater honor than before. "Now I, ........, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble those who are proud." (Daniel 4:29-33,36-37 NLT)
19.As far as _________
Hint: "This is what the LORD says: ".......... is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. (Isaiah 66:1 NLT)
OR
"Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as ........ excelleth darkness."(Ecclesiastes 2:13 King James Version - KJV)
20.As unquenchable as _____
Hint: "And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beastmiracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the ............ that burns with sulfur." (Revelation 19:20 NLT)
"His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire." (Luke 3:17 NKJV)
21.As certain / sure as _____
Hint: "The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my .......... I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. (Isaiah 55:10-11 NLT)
OR
"Your ..........., O God, endures forever and ever." (Psalm 45:6 NLT)
22.As hopeless as _______
Hint: "But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:12 NKJV)
"And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It is better to enter the Kingdom of God half blind than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 'where the worm never dies and the fire never goes out.'" (Mark 9:47-48 NLT)
23.As ruthless as ______
Hint: "Once when (she) had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden one hundred of them in two caves. He had put fifty prophets in each cave and had supplied them with food and water.) (1 Kings 18:4 NLT)
"So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the city where Naboth lived. In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer and give Naboth a place of honor. Find two scoundrels who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death." (1 Kings 21:8-10 NLT)
24.As enduring / unrelenting as _______
Hint: "See," Naomi said to her, "your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same." "But (she) replied, "Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. I will go wherever you go and live wherever you live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. I will die where you die and will be buried there. May the LORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!" So when Naomi saw that (she) had made up her mind to go with her, she stopped urging her." (Ruth 1:15-18 NLT)
25.As zealous as _______
Hint: "When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair............ "Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Ask him about the words written in this scroll that has been found. The LORD's anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing what this scroll says we must do." (2 Kings 22:11,13 NLT)
"The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, regulations, and laws with all his heart and soul. In this way, he confirmed all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll, and all the people pledged themselves to the covenant............ He did away with the pagan priests, ........... removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's ......... burned it. ......... ground the pole to dust and threw the dust in the public cemetery........... tore down the houses of the shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, ........ brought back to Jerusalem all the priests of the LORD, who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled all the pagan shrines, ............ (2 Kings 23:3,5,6,7,8 NLT)
26.As wasteful / extravagant as ______
Hint: "A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and took a trip to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money on wild living. About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve. He persuaded a local farmer to hire him to feed his pigs. The boy became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything. (Luke 15:13-16 NLT)
27.As tearful / mournful as _______
Hint: I am traditionally credited as the author of the book of Lamentation.
28.As desolate as _______
Hint: "Alas, alas, that great city ........, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'........... They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For one hour she is made desolate.' "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!" (Revelation 18:10,19-20 NKJV)
29.As wicked as ________
Hint: "(He) was furious when he learned that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, because the wise men had told him the star first appeared to them about two years earlier. (His) brutal action fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah: "A cry of anguish is heard in Ramah weeping and mourning unrestrained. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comfortedfor they are dead." (Matthew 2:16-18 NLT)
30.As dynamic as _______
Hint: "(He) went by land to Assos, where he had arranged for us to join him, and we went on ahead by ship. He joined us there and we sailed together to Mitylene. The next day we passed the island of Kios. The following day, we crossed to the island of Samos. And a day later we arrived at Miletus. (He) had decided against stopping at Ephesus this time because he didn't want to spend further time in the province of Asia. He was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if possible, for the Festival of Pentecost." (Acts 20:13-16 NLT)
ANSWERS
1. God Almighty
2. The glory of God
3. Eternity
4. Serpent
5. Solomon
6. Goliath
7. The serpent / devil
8. Samson
9. Moses
10.Saul
11.Joshua
12.Job
13.Jonah
14.The Pharisees / Teachers of religious law
15.Pontius Pilate
16.Abram / Abraham
17.Pharaoh
18.King Nebuchadnezzar
19.Heaven / Light
20.The lake of fire
21.The word of God
22.A soul in hell
23.Jezebel
24.Ruth
25.Josiah
26.The prodigal son
27.Jeremiah
28.Babylon
29.Herod
30.Paul
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Adekunle Majek'
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