Proverbs 1:6
To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Psalm 78:2
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Psalm 49:4
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Numbers 12:8
With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
Matthew 13:10-17
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Matthew 13:51-52
Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
Mark 4:34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
Acts 8:30-31
And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
2 Peter 3:16
And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.