Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Psalms 49:3
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart will utter understanding.
Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Psalms 49:5
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
Proverbs 1:5
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Matthew 13:10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:11
He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”
Matthew 13:13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
2 Chronicles 9:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.
Matthew 13:3
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
Matthew 13:17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
Mark 4:11
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
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Psalms 78:1
Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Psalms 78:3
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
Psalms 78:5
For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Psalms 78:6
that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
Psalms 44:1
We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms 77:11
I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.
Psalms 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Psalms 102:18
This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah,
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Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Luke 8:10
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
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Numbers 23:7
He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’ ”
Job 27:1
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Habakkuk 2:6
Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’
Job 29:1
Job again took up his parable, and said,
Ezekiel 24:3
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.
Mark 12:12
They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away.
Numbers 23:18
He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
Numbers 24:3
He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
Numbers 24:15
He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
Proverbs 26:7
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Matthew 5:2
He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
Job 3:1
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
Job 33:2
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
Acts 10:34
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
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1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,
Ephesians 3:3
how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,
Ephesians 3:4
by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,
Ephesians 3:5
which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,
Ephesians 3:6
that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
Ephesians 3:7
of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 3:9
and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 6:19
Pray for me, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
Colossians 1:26
the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
Colossians 1:27
to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
1 Peter 1:11
searching for who or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow them.
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Psalms 19:2
Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge.
Psalms 119:171
Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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