Quotes about Comparison
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
— Ecclesiastes 6:8
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
— Ecclesiastes 7:10
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
— Ecclesiastes 9:4
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
— Song of Solomon 1:9
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
— Song of Solomon 2:2
Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
— Song of Solomon 4:2
How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
— Song of Solomon 5:9
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
— Song of Solomon 6:6
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
— Song of Solomon 7:4
Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
— Song of Solomon 7:7
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
— Isaiah 5:3
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
— Isaiah 5:4