Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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 Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them:
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus saith to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
Mark 4:34
But without a parable he spoke not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Acts 8:30-31
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Hebrews 5:14
But strong food belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.