proverbs.

John 16:12, 16, 17
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. . . .

Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from of old,

Proverbs 1:6
to understand the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Matthew 13:10, 11, 34, 35
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do You speak to the people in parables?" . . .

Mark 4:13
Then Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

but.

John 16:28, 29
I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father." . . .

Acts 2:33-36
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.