Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 49:4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

incline   Psa 78:2; Mat 13:35
parable   Num 23:7; Eze 20:49; Mat 13:11-15
dark   Pro 1:6; Dan 8:23; Luk 12:3; 2Cr 3:12
Correlating Passages
incline
Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Mat 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
parable
Num 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Eze 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
dark
Pro 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Luk 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2Cr 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

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