Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
A proverb
The words
General references
Bible References
A proverb
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those outside, all things occur in parables.
Acts 8:30
And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read?
The words
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies. They have been given from one shepherd.
Dark
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
as also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
General references
Proverbs 2:9
Then thou shall understand righteousness and justice and equity, [yea], every good path.