Proverbs 1:6

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expresse

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a sing

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to unders

Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to s