Psalm 49:4

Modern King James Version

I will bow down 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 speak dark sayings of old,

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Daniel 8:23

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king, fierce of face, and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.

Numbers 12:8

I will speak with him mouth to mouth, even clearly, and not in dark speeches. And he shall behold the likeness of Jehovah. 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 Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

Matthew 13:35

so 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 secret rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Then since we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech.