Psalms 78:2

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I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter mysteries from ancient times.

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  • Ps 49:4 : 4 My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately, he explained everything to his disciples.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them. 12 For whoever has, more will be given to them, and they will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken away from them. 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3both low and high, rich and poor alike.

    4My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

  • Ps 78:1
    76%

    1A teaching of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • Matt 13:35
    75%

    35This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.'

  • Prov 8:6-7
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    74%

    6Listen, for I speak noble things, and what comes from my lips is right.

    7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

  • Prov 1:6
    73%

    6To understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.

  • Deut 32:1
    72%

    1Listen, heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

  • Job 33:2-3
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    72%

    2Look, I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

    3My words come from an upright heart, and my lips speak with clarity.

  • Job 32:20
    71%

    20Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

  • Ps 78:3
    71%

    3Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us.

  • Job 15:17-18
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    70%

    17I will show you; listen to me, and let me declare what I have seen:

    18What wise men have declared, and have not hidden from their ancestors,

  • Ezek 17:2
    70%

    2Son of man, pose a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

  • Ps 109:2
    70%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Job 37:19-20
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    69%

    19Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness.

    20Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

  • Job 4:12
    69%

    12Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    69%

    3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

    4You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'

  • Job 11:5
    69%

    5But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • Ps 77:5
    69%

    5You have held my eyelids open; I am troubled and cannot speak.

  • Job 7:11
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    11Therefore, I will not restrain 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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    15Then Balaam began his oracle, saying: 'The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,'

  • Ps 51:15
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    15Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    68%

    1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

    2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,

  • Job 38:2
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    2Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • Isa 48:3
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    3I declared the former things long ago; they went forth from my mouth, and I made them known. Suddenly, I acted, and they came to pass.

  • Prov 31:8
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    8Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

  • Matt 13:13
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    13That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand.

  • Job 8:10
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    10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To know wisdom and discipline, to understand words of insight,

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I open my mouth wide and pant, longing for Your commandments.

  • Ps 119:18
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    18Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1For the director of music, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

    2I said, 'I will guard my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are in my presence.'

  • Ps 77:12
    67%

    12I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

  • Job 32:10
    67%

    10Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’

  • Prov 4:20
    67%

    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Job 33:16
    67%

    16then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to harm me speak of ruin and plot deception all day long.

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

  • Job 15:8
    67%

    8Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

  • Ps 54:2
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    2When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, 'Is David not hiding among us?'

  • Job 13:6
    67%

    6Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

  • Prov 2:6
    67%

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.