Proverbs 1:6
and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;
Psalm 49:4
I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.
Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, "To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: But unto them that are without, shall all things be done in similitudes:
Numbers 12:8
Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
Ecclesiastes 12:11
For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.
Matthew 13:10-17
And the disciples came, and said to him, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them,
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus said unto them, "Understand ye all these things?" They said, "Yea, Lord."
Mark 4:34
And without similitude spake he nothing unto them. But when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
And Philip ran to him, and heard him read Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest?"
Hebrews 5:14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.
2 Peter 3:16
yea, almost in every epistle, speaking of such things: among which are many things hard to be understood: which they that are unlearned and unstable pervert, as they do other scriptures, unto their own destruction.