Psalm 49:4

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

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

Proverbs 1:6

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Daniel 8:23

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

Numbers 12:8

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Numbers 23:7

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 me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Matthew 13:35

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.

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: