Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
14 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “like” →
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
