Psalms 49:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 'With him I will speak face to face, clearly, and not in dark speeches; and he will see the likeness of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?'
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.
  • Luke 12:3 : 3 Therefore, whatever you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
  • Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak in parables?
  • Dan 8:23 : 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall arise.
  • Matt 13:11-15 : 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 To whoever has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.

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    1Listen, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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

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    20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

  • Ps 49:5
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    5Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall surround me?

  • Job 4:12-13
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    72%

    12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.

    13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

  • Prov 1:6
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    6To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.

  • Prov 22:17
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    17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1My son, if you will receive my words and hide my commandments with you;

    2So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

  • Ps 39:1-2
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    1I said, I will be careful of my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked are before me.

    2I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Prov 5:1
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    1My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my understanding:

  • Prov 8:6
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    6Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips will come right things.

  • Deut 32:1
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    1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

  • Job 23:4-5
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    4I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • Ps 45:1
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    1My heart is overflowing with a good matter: I speak of the things I have composed concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

  • Job 29:4
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    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tent;

  • Job 30:31
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    31My harp is also turned to mourning, and my flute to the voice of those who weep.

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    17I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare:

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    3On an instrument of ten strings, on the psaltery, and on the harp with a solemn sound.

  • Job 34:34
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    34Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Job 13:17
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    17Listen diligently to my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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    33If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom.

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    23Give ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.

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    24Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

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    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.

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    1Listen, you children, to the instruction of a father, and pay attention to gain understanding.

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    14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.