Verse 4

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.