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Psalms 78:2
“I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,”
Psalms 78:2 in the King James Version
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Verse in context — Psalms 78
Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
Cross references for Psalms 78:2
- Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidd...
- Matthew 13:11-13
He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even...
- Mark 4:34
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
- Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
- Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
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