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
Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
Mark 4:11
He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
Acts 8:30
So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
The words
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.
Dark
Psalm 49:4
I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
Psalm 78:2
I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.
Matthew 13:34
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.
General references
Proverbs 2:9
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity -- every good way.