2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
Psalms 78:2 Cross References - YLT
Psalms 49:4
4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Proverbs 1:6
6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Matthew 13:11-13
11 And he answering said to them that—`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
12 for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.
13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
Matthew 13:34-35
Mark 4:34
34 and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.