Proverbs 1:6
This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in an illustration. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear (turn my attention) to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the music of a harp.
Mark 4:11
He told them: The secret of the kingdom of God is given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.
Numbers 12:8
I speak with him face to face. I speak plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of Jehovah. Why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?'
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies. They are given from one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
The disciples asked him: Why do you speak in illustrations?
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.
Matthew 13:51-52
Have you understood all these things? They said to him: Yes.
Mark 4:34
He spoke only with illustrations. However he made all things clear to his disciples in private.
Acts 8:30-31
Philip ran to him, heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said: Do you understand what you are reading?
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food belongs to mature people. It belongs to those who by reason of use have their senses trained to know the difference between good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
He spoke about these things in his letters. Some things are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable distort them as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.