Psalms 78:2

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Psalms 78:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

3 that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

4 We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Matthew 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 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 13:35

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Proverbs 1:6

by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Matthew 13:12

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Mark 4:34

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.