Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
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 proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
Mark 4:11
He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
Matthew 13:51-52
Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Acts 8:30-31
Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.