Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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?"
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
Numbers 23:7
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
Daniel 8:23
In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Matthew 13:11-15
He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
Luke 12:3
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,