Bible Verses About Anthropomorphisms About God

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Primary passage for imaging language about God and humanity.

Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

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Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

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And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Shows the biblical contrast with idolatrous image-making.

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Useful passage that the divine is not like man-made images.

So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

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Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Provides scriptural language of divine mercy and action that early writers read non-literally.

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

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His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

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The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

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God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

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As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

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Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

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And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

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And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

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For the body is not one member, but many.

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But now are they many members, yet but one body.

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And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

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And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

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His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.

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