Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, '[Is] he not posing a parable?'"
Judges 9:8-15
"The trees went certainly, to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, 'Rule over us.'
Judges 14:12-19
And Samson said to them, "Let me tell you a riddle. If you can fully explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it out], I will give to you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments.
2 Samuel 12:1-4
So Yahweh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, "Two men were in a certain city; one [was] rich and the other [was] poor.
Ezekiel 24:3
And {deliver a proverb} to {the rebellious house}, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place [it] and also pour water into it.
Hosea 12:10
I spoke to the prophets; I myself multiplied revelations and through the hand of the prophets I will destroy.
Matthew 13:13-14
For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,
Matthew 13:35
in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."
Mark 4:33-34
And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear [it].
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.