Parable
49 verses in 11 books of the King James Bible.
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The First Thirty
Numbers 23:7And 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.
Numbers 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers 24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers 24:20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Numbers 24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Numbers 24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job 29:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
Micah 2:4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Matthew 13:18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 15:15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Matthew 21:33Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mark 4:10And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Mark 4:13And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Mark 7:17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.