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 a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Matthew 13:35
so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation.
Parable
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
Ezekiel 20:49
And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Matthew 13:11
And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
Dark
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
Daniel 8:23
And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up.
Luke 12:3
therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness: