Psalms 78:2

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

Job again took up his parable, and said,

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. This is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’

“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’ ”

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

He said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.

You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

He summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;

She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

They shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba. Men shall pray for him continually. They shall bless him all day long.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;

Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it.

“ ‘Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece. No lot is fallen on it.

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ‘We are utterly ruined! My people’s possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’ ”

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.

Job again took up his parable, and said,

See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

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But we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,

For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.