Psalms 78:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 11 He answered and said unto them, ‹Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.› 12 ‹For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.› 13 ‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›

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  • Ps 49:3-4
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    83%

    3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.

    4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

  • Ps 78:1
    76%

    1¶ Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words 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; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

  • Prov 8:6-7
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    74%

    6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

    7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

  • Prov 1:6
    73%

    6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

  • Deut 32:1
    72%

    1¶ Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

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

    3My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

  • Job 32:20
    71%

    20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

  • Ps 78:3
    71%

    3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

  • Job 15:17-18
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    70%

    17¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;

    18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it]:

  • Ezek 17:2
    70%

    2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

  • Ps 109:2
    70%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Job 37:19-20
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    19Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.

    20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Job 4:12
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    12¶ Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 11:5
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    5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

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    15¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

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    5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

  • Ezek 20:49
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    49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

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    11Therefore I will not refrain 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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    15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

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    15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1¶ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

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    2Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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    3I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.

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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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    13‹Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.›

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    10Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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    18¶ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

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    10Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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    16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

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    13But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

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    6He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.

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    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

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    2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

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    6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.