4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will ⌊propound⌋* my riddle on a lyre.
Psalms 49:4 Cross References - LEB
Numbers 12:8
8 I will speak to him mouth to mouth, in clearness, not in riddles; and he will look at the form of Yahweh.
Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
Numbers 23:7
7 And he lifted up his oracle and said,
"From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.'
"From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.'
Psalms 78:2
2 I will offer* a parable with my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,
Proverbs 1:6
6 to understand a proverb and an expression, words of wisdom and their riddles.
Ezekiel 20:49
49 Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, 'Is he not posing a parable?'"
Daniel 8:23
23 And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles.
Matthew 13:11-15
11 And he answered and* said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those people it has not been granted.
12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 For this reason I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,
14 and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says,
"⌊You will listen carefully⌋* and will never understand, and ⌊you will look closely⌋* and will never perceive. 15 For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."*
"⌊You will listen carefully⌋* and will never understand, and ⌊you will look closely⌋* and will never perceive. 15 For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."*
Matthew 13:35
35 in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said,
"I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."**
"I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."**
Luke 12:3
3 Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what ⌊you have whispered⌋* in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
12 Therefore, because we* have such a hope, we use much boldness,