Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Incline
Parable
Bible References
Incline
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Matthew 13:35
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.
Parable
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
Matthew 13:11
And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Dark
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding hidden things, shall stand up.
Luke 12:3
Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,