Table of Contents

List of metaphors included:

  • Armor of God
  • Blood/Sacrifice
  • Born Again/Rebirth/Regeneration
  • Bread/Manna/Wheat
  • Bride/Bridegroom/Wedding
  • Clothing/Nakedness
  • Colors (red, black, white)
  • Cornerstone
  • Death
  • Desert
  • Dove
  • Dragon/Leviathan/Serpent
  • Face/Face of God
  • Fatherhood/Motherhood
  • Fire
  • Fish
  • Garden/Eden
  • Harp/Harpists
  • Home
  • Honey
  • King
  • Lamb
  • Leopard
  • Lilies/Grass
  • Lion – Devil
  • Lion – God/Christ
  • Lord’s Supper
  • Marriage
  • Milk (and Honey)
  • Mirror
  • Mountain/Fortress
  • Net/Fisherman
  • New Day/New Year
  • Oil
  • Phoenix (from the ashes)
  • Plow/Plowing
  • Potter and Clay
  • Prophet
  • River/Stream
  • Root/Roots
  • Rose
  • Salt
  • Scepter
  • Seed
  • Serpent/Snake
  • Sheep/goats
  • Shepherd
  • Sleep
  • Sower
  • Storm
  • Sword
  • Tabernacle/Tent/Temple
  • Tree
  • Vine/Branches
  • Vomit
  • Viper
  • Water/Flood
  • Wind/Breath
  • Wine/Winepress
  • Wings
  • Yoke