Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Bible References

Incline

Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
Matthew 13:35
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Parable

Numbers 23:7
He took up his discourse and said,
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
Come curse Jacob for me,
And come, denounce Israel!’
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”
Matthew 13:11
Jesus answered them, To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.

Dark

Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
Daniel 8:23
“In the latter period of their rule,
When the transgressors have run their course,
A king will arise,
Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
Luke 12:3
Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,