Psalms 78:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these thinges spake Iesus vnto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them, 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.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 And without parables spake hee nothing vnto them: but he expounded all thinges to his disciples apart.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

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

    4I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

  • Ps 78:1
    76%

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

  • Matt 13:35
    75%

    35That 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.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

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

    7For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

  • Prov 1:6
    73%

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

  • Deut 32:1
    72%

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

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

    3My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, & my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.

  • Job 32:20
    71%

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

  • Ps 78:3
    71%

    3Which we haue heard and knowen, & our fathers haue tolde vs.

  • Job 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

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

    18Which wise men haue tolde, as they haue heard of their fathers, and haue not kept it secret:

  • Ezek 17:2
    70%

    2Sonne of man, put foorth a parable and speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel,

  • Ps 109:2
    70%

    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Job 37:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19Tell vs what we shall say vnto him: for we can not dispose our matter because of darknes.

    20Shall it be told him when I speake? Or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • Job 4:12
    69%

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

  • Job 42:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3Who 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.

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

  • Job 11:5
    69%

    5But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

  • Ps 73:15
    69%

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

  • Ps 77:5
    69%

    5Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time.

  • Ezek 20:49
    69%

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

  • Job 7:11
    68%

    11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

  • Num 24:15
    68%

    15And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

  • Ps 51:15
    68%

    15Open thou my lippes, O Lorde, and my mouth shall shewe foorth thy praise.

  • Prov 2:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

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

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

  • Job 38:2
    68%

    2Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?

  • Isa 48:3
    68%

    3I haue declared ye former things of old, and they went out of my mouth, & I shewed them: I did them suddenly, and they came to passe.

  • Prov 31:8
    68%

    8Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.

  • Matt 13:13
    68%

    13Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand.

  • Job 8:10
    68%

    10Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?

  • Prov 1:2
    68%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • Ps 119:131
    68%

    131I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commaundements.

  • Ps 119:18
    68%

    18Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1To 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.

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

  • Ps 77:12
    67%

    12I did also meditate all thy woorkes, and did deuise of thine actes, saying,

  • Job 32:10
    67%

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

  • Prov 4:20
    67%

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

  • Job 33:16
    67%

    16Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,

  • Ps 38:13
    67%

    13But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

  • Lam 3:6
    67%

    6He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.

  • Job 15:8
    67%

    8Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God, and doest thou restraine wisedome to thee?

  • Ps 54:2
    67%

    2O God, heare my prayer: hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.

  • Job 13:6
    67%

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

  • Prov 2:6
    67%

    6For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.