Psalms 49:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 Vnto him will I speake mouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in darke wordes, but hee shall see the similitude of the Lorde. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speake against my seruant, euen against Moses?
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
  • Luke 12:3 : 3 Wherefore whatsoeuer yee haue spoken in darkenesse, it shall be heard in the light: and that which ye haue spoken in the eare, in secret places, shall be preached on the houses.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Seeing then that we haue such trust, we vse great boldnesse of speach.
  • Num 23:7 : 7 Then he vttered his parable, and sayde, Balak the king of Moab hath brought mee from Aram out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse Iaakob for my sake: come, and detest Israel.
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then saide I, Ah Lord God, they say of me, Doeth not he speake parables?
  • Dan 8:23 : 23 And in the end of their kingdome, when the rebellious shalbe consumed, a King of fierce countenance, and vnderstanding darke sentences, shall stand vp.
  • Matt 13:11-15 : 11 And he answered, & said vnto them, Because it is giuen vnto you, to know the secretes of the kingdome of heauen, but to the it is not giue. 12 For whosoeuer hath, to him shalbe giuen, and he shall haue abundance: but whosoeuer hath not, from him shalbe taken away, euen that he hath. 13 Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand. 14 So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue. 15 For this peoples heart is waxed fat, & their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & should vnderstand with their hearts, & should returne, that I might heale them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 78:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 A Psalme to giue instruction comitted to Asaph. Heare my doctrine, O my people: incline your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth.

    2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.

  • 3 My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.

  • 20 My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

  • 5 Wherefore should I feare in the euil dayes, when iniquitie shal compasse me about, as at mine heeles?

  • Job 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.

    13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

  • 6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.

    4 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, & declare thou vnto me.

  • 17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

    2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1 To the excellent musician Ieduthun. A Psalme of Dauid. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.

    2 I was dumme & spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.

  • 1 My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, & incline thine eare vnto my knowledge.

  • 6 Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

  • 1 Hearken, ye heauens, and I will speake: and let the earth heare the words of my mouth.

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 I would pleade the cause before him, & fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

  • 1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of loue to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. Mine heart will vtter forth a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.

  • 4 As I was in the dayes of my youth: when Gods prouidence was vpon my tabernacle:

  • 31 Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

  • 17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:

  • 49 Then saide I, Ah Lord God, they say of me, Doeth not he speake parables?

  • 3 Vpon an instrument of tenne strings, and vpon the viole with the song vpon the harpe.

  • 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken vnto me.

  • 16 And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • 17 Heare diligently my wordes, and marke my talke.

  • 2 Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.

  • 33 If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.

  • 23 Hearken ye, and heare my voyce: hearken ye, and heare my speach.

  • 31 Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.

  • 10 Therefore I say, Heare me, and I will shew also mine opinion.

  • Isa 50:4-5
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    4 The Lorde God hath giuen me a tongue of the learned, that I shoulde knowe to minister a woord in time to him that is weary: he will raise me vp in the morning: in the morning hee will waken mine eare to heare, as the learned.

    5 The Lord God hath opened mine eare and I was not rebellious, neither turned I backe.

  • 20 Therefore will I speake, that I may take breath: I will open my lippes, and will answere.

  • 6 I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.

  • 15 What shall I say? for he hath said it to me, and he hath done it: I shall walke weakely all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.

  • 1 Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.

  • 4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

  • 15 If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.

  • 67%

    1 To him that excelleth vpon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lorde: vnderstande my meditation.

  • 6 Nowe heare my disputation, and giue eare to the arguments of my lips.

  • 2 And hee hath made my mouth like a sharpe sworde: vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he hid mee, and made me a chosen shafte, and hid me in his quiuer,

  • 3 The eyes of the seeing shal not be shut, and the eares of them that heare, shall hearken.

  • 24 Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.

  • 10 Heare, my sonne, & receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

  • 1 Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • 14 I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.