Numbers 23:7; Numbers 23:18; Numbers 24:3; Numbers 24:15; Numbers 24:20-21; Numbers 24:23; Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 9:7; Job 13:12; Job 27:1; Job 29:1; Psalms 44:14; Psalms 49:4; Psalms 78:2; Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 25:1; Proverbs 26:7; Proverbs 26:9; Isaiah 14:4; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 12:22-23; Ezekiel 14:8; Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 18:2-3; Ezekiel 20:49; Ezekiel 24:3; Joel 2:17; Habakkuk 2:6; Micah 2:4; Matthew 13:3; Matthew 13:13; Matthew 13:18; Matthew 13:24; Matthew 13:31; Matthew 13:33-36; Matthew 13:53; Matthew 21:33; Matthew 21:45; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 24:32; Mark 3:23; Mark 4:2; Mark 4:13; Mark 4:30; Mark 4:33-34; Mark 12:1; Mark 12:12; Mark 13:28; Luke 4:23; Luke 5:36; Luke 6:39; Luke 8:9-11; Luke 12:16; Luke 12:41; Luke 13:6; Luke 14:7; Luke 15:3; Luke 18:1; Luke 18:9; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9; Luke 20:19; Luke 21:29; Hebrews 9:9

Numbers 23:7

7 Then Balaam spoke his message: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’

Numbers 23:18

18 Then he spoke his message: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

Numbers 24:3

3 and he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

Numbers 24:15

15 Then he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

Numbers 24:20-21

20 Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.”

21 Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message: “Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;

Numbers 24:23

23 Then he spoke his message: “Alas! Who can live when God does this?

Deuteronomy 28:37

37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the LORD will drive you.

1 Samuel 10:12

12 A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 24:13

13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you.

1 Kings 4:32

32 He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

1 Kings 9:7

7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

Job 13:12

12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 27:1

1 And Job continued his discourse:

Job 29:1

1 Job continued his discourse:

Psalms 44:14

14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

Psalms 49:4

4 I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

Psalms 78:2

2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

Proverbs 1:1

1 The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 1:6

6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Proverbs 10:1

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Proverbs 25:1

1 These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

Proverbs 26:7

7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Proverbs 26:9

9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Isaiah 14:4

4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!

Jeremiah 24:9

9 I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.

Ezekiel 12:22-23

22 “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?

23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 14:8

8 I will set my face against them and make them an example and a byword. I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 17:2

2 “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.

Ezekiel 18:2-3

2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

3 “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

Ezekiel 20:49

49 Then I said, “Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?’ ”

Ezekiel 24:3

3 Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.

Joel 2:17

17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Habakkuk 2:6

6 “Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, “ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?’

Micah 2:4

4 In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: ‘We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’ ”

Matthew 13:3

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:13

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

Matthew 13:18

18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

Matthew 13:24

24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:31

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:33-36

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty poundsof flour until it worked all through the dough.”

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”

36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Matthew 13:53

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

Matthew 21:33

33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

Matthew 21:45

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.

Matthew 22:1

1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

Matthew 24:32

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

Mark 3:23

23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 4:2

2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:

Mark 4:13

13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

Mark 4:30

30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

Mark 4:33-34

33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Mark 12:1

1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

Mark 12:12

12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

Mark 13:28

28 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

Luke 4:23

23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’ ”

Luke 5:36

36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

Luke 6:39

39 He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?

Luke 8:9-11

9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 12:16

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

Luke 12:41

41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

Luke 13:6

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

Luke 14:7

7 When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

Luke 15:3

3 Then Jesus told them this parable:

Luke 18:1

1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Luke 18:9

9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:

Luke 19:11

11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

Luke 20:9

9 He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.

Luke 20:19

19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

Luke 21:29

29 He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

Hebrews 9:9

9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.