Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb: I will disclose my riddles upon the harp.
Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are outside, all these things are done in parables:
Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark sayings; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fixed by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables?
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not unto them:
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus said unto them, Have you understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable he spoke not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
And Philip ran to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you read?
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.