Psalm 49:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 1:6

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Daniel 8:23

At the end of their rule, when the transgressions have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance shall arise, skilled in intrigue.

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. “Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Numbers 23:7

Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, denounce Israel!’

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with complete frankness,