Psalms 78:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. [
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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    3My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

    4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

  • Ps 78:1
    76%

    1[Maschil of Asaph]. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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    35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. [

  • Prov 8:6-7
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    6Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

    7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 1:6
    73%

    6To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

  • Deut 32:1
    72%

    1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

  • Job 33:2-3
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    72%

    2Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

    3My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

  • Job 32:20
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    20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

  • Ps 78:3
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    3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

  • Job 15:17-18
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    70%

    17I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

    18(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

  • Ezek 17:2
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    2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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    19Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness.

    20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

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    12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 11:5
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    5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

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    15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • Ps 77:5
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    5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.

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    49Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Num 24:15
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    15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

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    15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

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    1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

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    2Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate.

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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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    10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

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    2To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

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    131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

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    18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

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    10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

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    20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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    16Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

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    13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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    6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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    8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

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    2Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

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    6Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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    6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding: