Verse 2

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 my 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 riddles.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 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.
  • Mark 4:34 : 34 But without a parable he did not speak to them, and when they were alone, he explained all things to his disciples.
  • Matt 13:11-13 : 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.