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1 WisdB, Psa 17: 10(3) | 10-12,14] An extended metaphor: the enemies are lions.~ 2 WisdB, Psa 22: 25(7) | face from me," an important metaphor for God withdrawing from 3 WisdB, Psa 30: 4(4) | spirits of the dead, here a metaphor for near death.~ 4 WisdB, Psa 32: 6(3) | surrounding the earth, a metaphor for danger.~ 5 WisdB, Psa 36: 8(4) | The shadow of your wings: metaphor for divine protection. It 6 WisdB, Psa 60: 10(5) | borders the Dead Sea, hence a metaphor for the country. Upon Edom 7 WisdB, Psa 69: 2(3) | created the world are a common metaphor for extreme distress. Cf 8 WisdB, Psa 80: 9(3) | 9] A vine: a frequent metaphor for Israel. Cf Isaiah 5: 9 WisdB, Psa 130: 1(2) | depths: Sheol here is a metaphor of total misery. Deep anguish 10 WisdB, Psa 142: 1(1) | 7). Prison is possibly a metaphor for general distress. The 11 WisdB, Pro 23: 2(1) | knife to your throat: a metaphor for self-restraint. ~ 12 ProphB, Dan 4: 11(3) | description passes from metaphor to the reality.~ 13 Gosp, Mat Int | heaven (Matthew 16:19). The metaphor of binding and loosing has 14 Gosp, Mat 7: 13(8) | 13-14] The metaphor of the "two ways" was common 15 Gosp, Mat 9: 24(16)| Sleeping: sleep is a biblical metaphor for death (see Psalm 87: 16 Gosp, Mat 13: 30(11)| Harvest: a common biblical metaphor for the time of God's judgment; 17 Gosp, Mat 16: 19(14)| meanings given there to the metaphor, two are of special importance 18 Gosp, Mat 23: 2(2) | whether this is simply a metaphor for Mosaic teaching authority 19 Gosp, Mat 23: 13(8) | authority expressed by that metaphor is to give entrance into 20 Gosp, Mat 23: 25(14)| Mark 7:4) is turned into a metaphor illustrating a concern for 21 Gosp, Mar 2: 19(13)| guests fast?: the bridal metaphor expresses a new relationship 22 Gosp, Mar 10: 38(5) | I am baptized?: the metaphor of drinking the cup is used 23 NTLet, 1Cor 4: 14(5) | dominated by the tender metaphor of the father who not only 24 NTLet, 1Cor 15: 56(27)| an explanation of Hosea's metaphor. Death, scorpion-like, is 25 NTLet, 2Cor 2: 5(2) | Overwhelmed (2 Cor 2:7): a vivid metaphor (literally "swallowed") 26 NTLet, 2Cor 2: 14(8) | triumph in Christ: this metaphor of a festive parade in honor 27 NTLet, 2Cor 2: 14(8) | in the case of the next metaphor.~ 28 NTLet, 2Cor 2: 14(9) | triumphal processions. The metaphor suggests the gradual diffusion 29 NTLet, 2Cor 2: 14(9) | 29:18) and perhaps of the metaphor of wisdom as a sweet odor ( 30 NTLet, 2Cor 5: 6(6) | another spatial image, the metaphor of the country and its citizens. 31 NTLet, Col 2: 14(6) | 14] The elaborate metaphor here about how God canceled 32 NTLet, Heb 6: 19(9) | behind the veil: a mixed metaphor. The Holy of Holies, beyond 33 NTLet, Heb 10: 32(16)| enlightenment" is an ancient metaphor for baptism (cf Eph 5:14; 34 CathL, Rev Int | likewise literary devices. The metaphor of Babylon as harlot would


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