Judges 14:12
Samson said to them: Let me tell you a riddle. If you can tell me the meaning before the seven days of the wedding feast are over, I will give each of you a piece of fine linen and a change of fine clothes. Tell us your riddle, they said: Let us hear it.
Genesis 45:22
Joseph gave some new clothes to each of his brothers. He gave Benjamin five new outfits and three hundred pieces of silver.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, tell this riddle. Give this illustration to the nation of Israel.
1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame. She traveled to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions.
2 Kings 5:5
The king said: Go to the king of Israel and take this letter to him. Naaman departed. He took thirty thousand pieces of silver, six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of fine clothes.
2 Kings 5:22
Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes.
Proverbs 1:6
This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
Genesis 29:27-28
Finish the week of wedding festivities with this daughter. Then we will give you the other one too. But you will have to work for me another seven years.
2 Chronicles 7:8
Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Booths. A very large crowd came from the territory between the border of Hamath and the River of Egypt.
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said: Oh no! Lord Jehovah, no! The people already say that I am only telling stories (a figure of speech or a parable).
Matthew 6:19
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 13:13
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.
Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.
Matthew 27:28
They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe.
Mark 14:51-52
A young man followed him. He was wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. They tried to grab him.
Luke 14:7
He spoke an illustration to the invited guests. He noticed they chose from the most important seats. So he said to them:
John 16:29
His disciples said: See now you speak plainly and use no figurative language.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, and then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.