Psalm 78:2

I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.

Matthew 13:11-13

And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.

Matthew 13:34-35

Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,

Mark 4:34

And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

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Summary

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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Bible References

I will

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.
Matthew 13:13
For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

Dark sayings

Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
Matthew 13:11
And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.
Mark 4:34
And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

General references

Matthew 5:2
And opening his mouth he began to teach them, saying,
Mark 4:22
For nothing is secret except so that it may be revealed, nor has become hidden except so that it will come to light.