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

Matthew 13:10-17, 51, 52
Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do You speak to the people in parables?" . . .

Mark 4:11, 34
And He told them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside, everything is expressed in parables, . . .

Acts 8:30, 31
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. . . .

the interpretation

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

dark

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,

Matthew 13:34, 35
Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. . . .

Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their sensibilities to distinguish good from evil.

2 Peter 3:16
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

King James Bible
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, and their riddles.

International Standard Version
in understanding proverbs, clever sayings, words of the wise, and their riddles.

NET Bible
To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To perceive proverbs and parables and the words of the wise and their riddles.
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