Psalms 49:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

I wil encline myne eare to the parable, & shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe.

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I wil open my mouth in parables, and speake of thinges of olde.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him, & he seyth the LORDE in his fashion, not thorow darke wordes or licknesses: Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses?
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 yt the thinge might be fulfilled, which was spoke by ye prophet, sayenge: I wil open my mouth in parables, and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde.
  • Luke 12:3 : 3 Therfore whatsoeuer ye haue spoke in darknesse, that same shal be herde in light: and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chabers, shalbe preached vpon the house toppes.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Seynge then that we haue soch trust, we vse greate boldnesse,
  • Num 23:7 : 7 Then toke he vp his parable, & sayde: Balac the kynge of the Moabites hath caused to fet me out of Syria from the moutaynes towarde the East, (& sayde:) Come, curse me Iacob: come, defye me Israel.
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then sayde I: O LORDE, they wil saye of me: Tush, they are but fables, that he telleth.
  • Dan 8:23 : 23 After these kyngdomes (whyle vngodnesse is a growinge) there shall aryse a kynge off an vnshamefast face, which shall be wyse in darcke speakinges.
  • Matt 13:11-15 : 11 He answered and sayde vnto the: Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kingdome of heauen, but vnto them it is not geuen. 12 For whoso hath, vnto him shal be geue, and he shal haue abundaunce. But who so hath not, from him shalbe taken awaye, eue that he hath. 13 Therfore speake I vnto the by parables, for with seynge eyes they se not, & with hearinge eares they heare not, for they vnderstonde it not. 14 And in them is fulfilled ye prophecie of Esay, which sayeth: Ye shal heare in dede, and shal not vnderstonde: and with seinge eyes shal ye se, and not perceaue. 15 For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are thick of hearige, & their eyes haue they closed, lest they shulde once se wt ye eyes, & heare wt the eares, & vnderstode wt the hert, & turne, that I might heale them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 Heare my lawe (o my people) encline yor eares vnto ye wordes of my mouth.

    2 I wil open my mouth in parables, and speake of thinges of olde.

  • 3 My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge.

  • 20 My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thine eare vnto my saynges.

  • 5 Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes, whe the wickednesse of my heles copaseth me rounde aboute?

  • Job 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 There is spoken vnto me a thynge in councell, which hath geuen a terrible sounde in myne eare,

    13 with a vision in the night, when men are fallen a slepe.

  • 6 he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.

    4 O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the.

  • 17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,

    2 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 I sayde: I wil kepe my waies, that I offended not in my tonge.

    2 And so I shut my mouth, whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me.

  • 1 My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, & bowe thine eare vnto my prudece:

  • 6 Geue eare, for I wil speake of greate matters, & open my lippes to tell thinges that be right.

  • 1 Herken (O ye heauens) I wyll speake: and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 to pleate my cause before him, and to fyll my mouth with argumentes:

    5 That I might knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: & that I might vnderstonde, what he wolde saye vnto me.

  • 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge:

  • 4 As it stode wt me, whe I was welthy & had ynough: whe God prospered my house:

  • 31 my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge.

  • 17 I will tell the, heare me: I wil shewe the a thinge, that I knowe:

  • 49 Then sayde I: O LORDE, they wil saye of me: Tush, they are but fables, that he telleth.

  • 3 Vpon an instrumet of ten strynges, vpon the lute and with a songe vpon the harpe.

  • 34 For els the men of vnderstodinge & wisdome that haue herde me, might saye: What cast thou speake?

  • 16 Yf thou now haue vnderstodinge, heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • 17 Heare my wordes, and pondre my sayenges with youre eares.

  • 2 Heare my wordes (O ye wyse men) herken vnto me, ye yt haue vnderstondinge.

  • 33 Yf thou hast nothinge, then heare me, and holde thy tonge, so shal I teach the wy?dome.

  • 23 Take hede, and heare my voyce, pondre and merck my wordes wel.

  • 31 Marke well (O Iob) & heare me: holde the still, vntill I haue spoken.

  • 10 Therfore wil I speake also (in so farre as I maye be herde) & wil shewe yow myne opinyon.

  • Isa 50:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4 The LORDE God hath geue me a wel lerned tuge, so that I can conforte them which are troubled, yee & yt in due season. He waked myne eare vp by tymes in ye mornynge (as ye scolemasters do) yt I might herke.

    5 The LORDE God hath opened myne eare, therfore ca I not saye naye, ner wt drawe myself,

  • 20 Therfore wil I speake, that I maye haue vete: I wil open my lyppes, and make answere.

  • 6 For vnto the I crie, heare me o God: enclyne thine eares to me, and herke vnto my wordes.

  • 15 What shal I speake or say, ethat he maye this doo? yt I maye lyue out all my yeares, yee in the bytternesse of my life?

  • 1 Wherfore, heare my wordes (O Iob) & herken vnto all, that I wyll saye:

  • 4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

  • 15 Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they: but lo, then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children.

  • 67%

    1 Heare my wordes (o LORDE) considre my callynge.

  • 6 Therfore heare my wordes, and pondre the sentence of my lippes.

  • 2 he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde, vnder ye shadowe of his honde hath he defended me, and hyd me in his quyuer, as a good arowe,

  • 3 The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme, and the eares of them that heare, shal take diliget hede.

  • 24 Heare me now therfore (o my sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth.

  • 10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many.

  • 1 Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

  • 14 I can geue councell, and be a gyde: I haue vnderstondinge, I haue strength.