Psalms 78:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I wyll open my mouth in a parable: I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past.

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  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them. 35 That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 But without parable spake he nothing vnto them. But when they were alone, he expounded all thynges to his disciples.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen. 12 For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath. 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande.

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  • Ps 49:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3 My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge.

    4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe.

  • 1 A wise instruction of Asaph. Heare my lawe O my people: enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.

  • 35 That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right:

    7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • 6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

  • 1 Heare O ye heauens, and I shal speake, and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.

    3 My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.

  • 20 Therfore will I speake, that I may haue a bent: I will open my lippes, and make aunswere.

  • 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen: and such as our fathers haue tolde vs.

  • Job 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 I will tel thee, heare me, and I will shewe thee that I haue seene:

    18 Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:

  • 2 Thou sonne of man, put foorth a parable, & speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel,

  • 2 For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me: they haue spoken against me with a false tongue.

  • Job 37:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of darkenesse.

    20 Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • 12 But wheras a thing was hyd from me, yet myne care hath receaued a litle therof.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

    4 O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.

  • 5 But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

  • 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

  • 5 I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past: and on the yeres of the olde worlde.

  • 49 Then sayde I, Ah Lorde God, they say of me, Doth not he speake parables?

  • 11 Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde.

  • 15 And he toke vp his parable and sayd: Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, the man whose eye is open, hath sayde:

  • 15 O Lorde open thou my lippes: and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,

    2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.

  • 2 What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

  • 3 The thynges that I haue shewed you euer since the begynnyng, haue I not brought them to passe immediatly as they came out of my mouth, and declared them, and they are come?

  • 8 Be thou an aduocate for the dumbe, to speake in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie worlde.

  • 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande.

  • 10 Shall not they shew thee, and tel thee, yea and gladly confesse the same, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

  • 2 To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • 131 I opened my mouth and panted: for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes.

  • 18 Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

    2 I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.

  • 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes: and I talked of all thy actes.

  • 10 Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding.

  • 20 My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges:

  • 16 He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction:

  • 13 As for me, as one deafe I woulde not heare: and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth.

  • 6 He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.

  • 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

  • 2 Heare my prayer O Lord: and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.

  • 6 Now heare my reasoning, and ponder the argument of my lippes.

  • 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.