Proverbs 1:6
To understand a parable and the interpretation; the words of the wise and their enigmas.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter enigmas of old,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will declare my enigma upon the harp.
Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto those that are without, all these things are done in parables,
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads and as nails hammered into place, those of the teachers of the congregations, who are placed under one Shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things unto the multitude in parables and said nothing unto them without parables
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They answered unto him, Yes, Lord.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable he did not speak unto them; and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah and said, Dost thou understand what thou readest?
Hebrews 5:14
But strong food belongs to those that are perfect, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
in almost all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, among which are some things that are hard to understand, which those that are ignorant and unstable twist, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.