Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables.
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches, and he shall behold the form of LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies. They have been given from one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
Mark 4:34
And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read?
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.