Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
BSB
ASV
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
KJV
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
I will incline mine ear to a parable,.... In which way of speaking the doctrines of the Gospel were delivered out by Christ, Mat 13:
I will incline mine ear to a parable. He who would have others hear, begins by hearing himself. As the minstrel leans his ear to his harp, so must the preacher give his whole soul to his ministry. The truth came to the psalmist as a parable, and he endeavoured to unriddle it for popular use; he would not leave the truth in obscurity, but he listened to its voice till he so well understood it as to be able to interpret and translate it into the common language of the multitude.
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Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
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and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
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Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
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Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
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Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
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Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
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Luke 12:3What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
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What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.