6 To understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Proverbs 1:6 Cross References - NHEB
Numbers 12:8
8 With him I will speak mouth to mouth, even openly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD's form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?"
Psalms 49:4
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
Psalms 78:2
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings since the beginning of the world,
Ecclesiastes 12:11
11 The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of collections, which are given from one shepherd.
Matthew 13:10-17
10 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
11 And answering, he said to them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not given to them.
12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.
14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'In hearing you will hear, but will not understand, and seeing you will see, but not perceive.
15 For the heart of this people has grown dull, and their ears are sluggish in hearing, and they have closed their eyes, otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn back, and I would heal them.'
16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous people desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.
Matthew 13:34-35
Matthew 13:51-52
Mark 4:11
11 And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Mark 4:34
34 And he did not speak to them without a parable; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Acts 8:30-31
Hebrews 5:14
14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
2 Peter 3:16
16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.