Ezekiel 17:2

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

Judges 9:8-15

The trees set out
to anoint a king over themselves.
They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us.”

Judges 14:12-19

“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can explain it to me during the seven days of the feast and figure it out, I will give you 30 linen garments and 30 changes of clothes.

2 Samuel 12:1-4

So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him:

There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

Ezekiel 24:3

Now speak a parable to the rebellious house. Tell them: This is what the Lord God says:

Put the pot on the fire—
put it on,
and then pour water into it!

Hosea 12:10

I spoke through the prophets
and granted many visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.

Matthew 13:13-14

For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

Mark 4:33-34

He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

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Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

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