Proverbs 1:6
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Psalm 78:2
I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; -
Psalm 49:4
I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
Mark 4:11
and he was saying unto them - To you, the sacred secret hath been given of the kingdom of God, whereas, to them who are outside, in parables are all things coming to pass, - that
Numbers 12:8
Mouth to mouth, do I speak with him And plainly - not in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh, doth he discern, - Wherefore then, were ye not afraid to speak against my servant - against Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise, are as goads, yea, as driven nails, their well-ordered sayings, - given from one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
And the disciples, coming near, said to him, Wherefore, in parables, art thou speaking to them?
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things, spake Jesus in parables, unto the multitudes, and, without a parable, was he speaking, nothing, unto them:
Matthew 13:51-52
Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea!
Mark 4:34
but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them, - privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.
Acts 8:30-31
And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said - Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading?
Hebrews 5:14
But, to such as are mature, pertaineth, the strong food, to them who, by reason of habit, have their organs of perception well trained for discriminating both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
As also, in all letters, speaking in them concerning these things, - in which letters are some things, hard to be understood, which, the uninstructed and unstable, wrest, - as also the other scriptures, - unto their own destruction.