Proverbs 1:6
in understanding proverbs, clever sayings, words of the wise, and their riddles.
Psalm 78:2
I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago
Psalm 49:4
I will focus my attention on a proverb; I will use the harp to expound my riddle.
Mark 4:11
He told them, "The secret about the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside, everything comes in parables
Numbers 12:8
I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren't you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
Ecclesiastes 12:11
Sayings from the wise are like cattle prods and well fastened nails; this masterful collection was given by one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do you speak to people in parables?"
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Matthew 13:51-52
"Do you understand all these things?" They told him, "Yes."
Mark 4:34
He did not tell them anything without using a parable, though he explained everything to his disciples in private.
Acts 8:30-31
So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah out loud. Philip asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
2 Peter 3:16
He speaks about this subject in all his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, leading to their own destruction, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.