Psalm 49:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

And at the latter end of their rule, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall arise.

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Numbers 23:7

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

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,