'Parable' in the Bible
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction."
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"
Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'