Psalm 78:2

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Psalm 49:4

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Proverbs 1:6

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

Matthew 13:11-13

And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

Mark 4:34

and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

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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 incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Matthew 13:13
'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

Dark sayings

Proverbs 1:6
For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Matthew 13:11
And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
Mark 4:34
and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

General references

Matthew 5:2
and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:
Mark 4:22
for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.