Things Righteousness Compared To - 3

>Sheep

Psalm 95:7

for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

 Today, if only you would hear his voice,

Matthew 10:16

Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

>Soldiers

2 Timothy 2:3-4

Join with me in suffering,  like a good soldier  of Christ Jesus.   No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

>Runners in the Race

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

>Wrestlers 

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,  but against the rulers, against the authorities,  against the powers  of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

>Members of a 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 one of you is a part of it.

>Jewels

Malachi 3:17

“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my  treasured possession.  I will spare  them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son  who serves him.

>God

Job 23:10

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

>Obedient Children

1 Peter 1:14

As obedient  children, do not conform  to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.