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Allegory Speech or writing where the literal meaning takes second place to the symbolic meaning. Some in the early church interpreted too much allegory in the Bible.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Galatians 4:21-31
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
32 indexed verses · Showing 1–32. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Judges 9:8 (KJV)
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Judges 9:9 (KJV)
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:10 (KJV)
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges 9:11 (KJV)
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:12 (KJV)
Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges 9:13 (KJV)
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:14 (KJV)
Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges 9:15 (KJV)
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Isaiah 11:6 (KJV)
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:7 (KJV)
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 11:8 (KJV)
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah 35:1 (KJV)
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isaiah 35:2 (KJV)
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Isaiah 35:3 (KJV)
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Isaiah 35:4 (KJV)
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Isaiah 35:5 (KJV)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah 35:6 (KJV)
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 35:7 (KJV)
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah 35:8 (KJV)
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isaiah 35:9 (KJV)
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah 35:10 (KJV)
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Galatians 4:21 (KJV)
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
Galatians 4:22 (KJV)
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
Galatians 4:23 (KJV)
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians 4:24 (KJV)
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians 4:25 (KJV)
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
Galatians 4:26 (KJV)
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Galatians 4:27 (KJV)
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Galatians 4:28 (KJV)
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Galatians 4:29 (KJV)
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 4:30 (KJV)
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Galatians 4:31 (KJV)
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.