Similitudes of Believers

Jewels

Malachi 3:17

“They will be mine,” says the LORD Almighty, “in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him.

Calves in the stall

Malachi 4:2  

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.

Sun

Judges 5:31  

“So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.

Gold

Job 23:10  

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Panting deer

Psalms 42:1  

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.

Green Olive Trees

Psalms 52:8  

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.

Pals trees / Cedar trees

Psalms 92:12  

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

Stars

Daniel 12:3  

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

Eagles

Isaiah 40:31  

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Psalms 103:5  

Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.

Salt

Matthew 5:13  

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