Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb and a figure [of speech] or an enigma with its interpretation,
And the words of the wise and their riddles [that require reflection].
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
Mark 4:11
He said to them,
Numbers 12:8
“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],
Clearly and openly and not in riddles;
And he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like [prodding] goads, and these collected sayings are [firmly fixed in the mind] like well-driven nails;
Matthew 13:10-17
Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.
Matthew 13:51-52
Mark 4:34
and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
Philip ran up and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah, and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the [spiritually] mature, whose senses are trained by practice to distinguish between what is morally good and what is evil.
2 Peter 3:16
speaking about these things as he does in all of his letters. In which there are some things that are difficult to understand, which the untaught and unstable [who have fallen into error] twist and misinterpret, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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A proverb
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I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
General references
Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance]
And integrity and every good path.