Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

I will

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Matthew 13:13
Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.

Dark sayings

Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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.
Mark 4:34
And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.

General references

Matthew 5:2
And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,
Mark 4:22
For there is not anything hid, except that it may be revealed, nor become secret, but that it may come to be visible.