Psalm 49:4

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables (LXX/NT). I will utter dark sayings of old,

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

Numbers 12:8

With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches, and he shall behold the form of LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

2 Corinthians 3:12

Having therefore such a hope we use great boldness,

Luke 12:3

Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Daniel 8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding hidden things, shall stand up.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?