Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"
John 16:25
"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
Matthew 13:13-14
For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
Acts 17:18
Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)