Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

Judges 9:8-15

Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’

Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes.

2 Samuel 12:1-4

Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

Ezekiel 24:3

Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

Hosea 12:10

I have also spoken to the prophets,
And I gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave parables.

Matthew 13:13-14

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 4:33-34

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

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