Ezekiel 17:2

Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

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Numbers 21:27
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

Isaiah 14:4
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”

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Numbers 23:18
He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

Numbers 24:15
He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

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Numbers 24:3
He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

Numbers 24:23
He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?

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Deuteronomy 6:7
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

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Judges 14:1
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

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Judges 14:2
He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”

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1 Kings 10:5
the food of his table, the sitting of his servants, the attendance of his officials, their clothing, his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to Yahweh’s house, there was no more spirit in her.

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Job 26:1
Then Job answered,

Ezekiel 21:5
All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.” ’

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Psalms 78:1
Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:

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Proverbs 8:1
Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?

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Isaiah 28:10
For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.

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Isaiah 28:13
Therefore Yahweh’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

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Ezekiel 2:1
He said to me, “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.”

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Ezekiel 12:22
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?’

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Ezekiel 17:1
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

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Ezekiel 17:4
He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.

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Ezekiel 18:2
“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

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Ezekiel 19:2
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

Ezekiel 19:3
She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:5
“ ‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

Ezekiel 19:6
He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

Ezekiel 19:7
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.

Ezekiel 19:9
They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

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Ezekiel 19:10
“ ‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Ezekiel 19:11
It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

Ezekiel 19:12
But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 19:13
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

Ezekiel 19:14
Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”

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Daniel 8:23
“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up.

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Matthew 13:3
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

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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.

John 16:29
His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.

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Matthew 13:24
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

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Matthew 13:33
He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

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Matthew 21:33
“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

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Mark 10:2
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Acts 5:9
But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

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Mark 12:15
Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

1 Corinthians 10:9
Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

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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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John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

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Hebrews 10:24
Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

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