Proverbs 1:6

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

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Numbers 12:8

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Ecclesiastes 12:11

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Matthew 13:34

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Matthew 13:51

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But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

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But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

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As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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

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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

All Translations

BBE BBE

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

DBY DBY

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

KJV King James Version

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

WBT WBT

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

WEB WEB

To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise.

YLT YLT

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.