'Parable' in the Bible

I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.

I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,“How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence],And how the fury has ceased!

“Son of man, ask a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel,

Speak a parable against the rebellious house [of Judah] and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God,“Put on a pot; put it on and also pour water into it;

“On that day they shall take up a [taunting, deriding] parable against youAnd wail with a doleful and bitter song of mourning and say,‘We are completely destroyed!God exchanges the inheritance of my people;How He removes it from me!He divides our fields to the rebellious [our captors].’