Psalm 78:2

Lessons From Israel's Past

¹ {An Instruction of Asaph} Hear my law, O my people; incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. ² I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world; ³ which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us,

From the Beginning

Of the World

Psalm 49:4

I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.

Proverbs 1:6

and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.

Matthew 13:11-13

He answered, and said unto them, "It is given unto you to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them,

Mark 4:34

And without similitude spake he nothing unto them. But when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.