Parable

Numbers 23:7

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.

Numbers 24:3

³ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Numbers 23:18

¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Numbers 24:15

¹⁵ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Numbers 24:20

²⁰ And 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 24:21

²¹ And 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 24:23

²³ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Job 27:1

¹ Moreover Job continued continued his parable, and said,

Job 29:1

¹ Moreover Job continued continued his parable, and said,

Psalms 49:4

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Psalms 78:2

² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Proverbs 26:7

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:9

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Ezekiel 17:2

² Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 24:3

³ And 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 2:4

⁴ In 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.

⁶ Shall 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 13:18

¹⁸ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Matthew 13:24

²⁴ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Matthew 13:31

³¹ Another 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 13:33

³³ Another 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 13:34

³⁴ All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Matthew 13:36

³⁶ Then 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 15:15

¹⁵ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Matthew 21:33

³³ Hear another parable: There was a certain 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 24:32

³² Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Mark 4:10

¹⁰ And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Mark 4:13

¹³ And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Mark 4:34

³⁴ But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Mark 7:17

¹⁷ And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Mark 12:12

¹² And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 13:28

²⁸ Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

Luke 8:4

⁴ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Luke 8:9

⁹ And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Luke 13:6

⁶ He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, thereon, and found none.

Luke 14:7

⁷ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Luke 15:3

³ And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 18:1

¹ And he spake spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Luke 18:9

⁹ And he spake spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 20:9

⁹ Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Luke 5:36

³⁶ And he spake also a parable unto them; them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

Luke 6:39

³⁹ And he spake a parable unto them, them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 8:11

¹¹ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 12:16

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 12:41

⁴¹ Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Luke 19:11

¹¹ And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Luke 20:19

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes the same same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 21:29

²⁹ And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

John 10:6

⁶ This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

Strong's Number G3850

Strong's Number:

G3850

Greek:

παραβολή

Transliteration:

parabole

Pronunciation:

par-ab-ol-ay'

Part of Speech:

Noun Feminine

Strong's Definition:

from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

IPD Definition:

a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle
metaph.
1. a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude
2. an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated
3. a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed
4. a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning
a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force
1. an aphorism, a maxim
a proverb
an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Strong's Number G3850 Bible Verses

Strong's Number G3942

Strong's Number:

G3942

Greek:

παροιμία

Transliteration:

paroimia

Pronunciation:

par-oy-mee'-ah

Part of Speech:

Noun Feminine

Strong's Definition:

from a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration:--parable, proverb.

IPD Definition:

a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking
1. a current or trite saying, a proverb
any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth
1. esp. a symbolic or figurative saying
2. speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons
3. an allegory
  1. extended and elaborate metaphor

Strong's Number G3942 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H4912

Strong's Number:

H4912

Hebrew:

מָשָׁל

Transliteration:

mashal

Pronunciation:

maw-shawl'

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):--byword, like, parable, proverb.

IPD Definition:

proverb, parable
1. proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
2. byword
3. similitude, parable
4. poem
5. sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

Strong's Number H4912 Bible Verses

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