Psalm 49:4

New King James Version

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose 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,

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 kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his oracle and said: “Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, From the mountains of the east. ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?”

2 Corinthians 3:12

Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech—

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

Daniel 8:23

“And in the latter time of their kingdom, When the transgressors have reached their fullness, A king shall arise, Having fierce features, Who understands sinister schemes.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”