Lev 13:3

(NIV)
The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.
(ESV)
and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean.

Lev 13:4

(NIV)
If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.
(ESV)
But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days.

Lev 13:25

(NIV)
the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.
(ESV)
the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is a leprous disease. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease.

Lev 13:30

(NIV)
the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin.
(ESV)
the priest shall examine the disease. And if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard.

Lev 13:31

(NIV)
But if, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.
(ESV)
And if the priest examines the itching disease and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days,

Lev 13:32

(NIV)
On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep,
(ESV)
and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the disease. If the itch has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,

Lev 13:34

(NIV)
On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
(ESV)
And on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.

Num 12:8

(NIV)
With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?’
(ESV)
With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Judg 14:12

(NIV)
‘Let me tell you a riddle,’ Samson said to them. ‘If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
(ESV)
And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes,

Judg 14:13

(NIV)
If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.’

‘Tell us your riddle,’ they said. ‘Let’s hear it.’

(ESV)
but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.” And they said to him, “Put your riddle, that we may hear it.”

Judg 14:14

(NIV)
He replied,

‘Out of the eater, something to eat;
out of the strong, something sweet.’
For three days they could not give the answer.
(ESV)
And he said to them,

“Out of the eater came something to eat.
Out of the strong came something sweet.”

And in three days they could not solve the riddle.

Judg 14:15

(NIV)
On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, ‘Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?’

(ESV)
On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Judg 14:16

(NIV)
Then Samson’s wife threw herself on him, sobbing, ‘You hate me! You don’t really love me. You’ve given my people a riddle, but you haven’t told me the answer.’

‘I haven’t even explained it to my father or mother,’ he replied, ‘so why should I explain it to you?’
(ESV)
And Samson’s wife wept over him and said, “You only hate me; you do not love me. You have put a riddle to my people, and you have not told me what it is.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?”

Judg 14:17

(NIV)
She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people.

(ESV)
She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her people.

Judg 14:18

(NIV)
Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,

‘What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?’

Samson said to them,

‘If you had not ploughed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle.’
(ESV)
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have found out my riddle.”

Judg 14:19

(NIV)
Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he returned to his father’s home.
(ESV)
And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father’s house.

1Kgs 10:1

(NIV)
When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.
(ESV)
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

2Chr 9:1

(NIV)
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan – with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones – she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind.
(ESV)
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

Job 11:8

(NIV)
They are higher than the heavens above – what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below – what can you know?
(ESV)
It is higher than heaven —what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 12:22

(NIV)
He reveals the deep things of darkness
and brings utter darkness into the light.
(ESV)
He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.

Ps 49:4

(NIV)
I will turn my ear to a proverb;
with the harp I will expound my riddle:
(ESV)
I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

Ps 64:6

(NIV)
They plot injustice and say,
‘We have devised a perfect plan!’
Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
(ESV)
They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

Ps 78:2

(NIV)
I will open my mouth with a parable;
I will utter hidden things, things from of old –
(ESV)
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Prov 1:6

(NIV)
for understanding proverbs and parables,
the sayings and riddles of the wise.
(ESV)
to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

Prov 18:4

(NIV)
The words of the mouth are deep waters,
but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
(ESV)
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

Prov 20:5

(NIV)
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,
but one who has insight draws them out.
(ESV)
The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Prov 22:14

(NIV)
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
(ESV)
The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Prov 23:27

(NIV)
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
(ESV)
For a prostitute is a deep pit;
an adulteress is a narrow well.

Eccl 7:24

(NIV)
Whatever exists is far off and most profound –
who can discover it?
(ESV)
That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?

Ezek 17:2

(NIV)
‘Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.
(ESV)
Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezek 23:32

(NIV)
‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

‘You will drink your sister’s cup,
a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,
for it holds so much.
(ESV)
Thus says the Lord God:

“You shall drink your sister’s cup
that is deep and large;
you shall be laughed at and held in derision,
for it contains much;

Dan 2:18

(NIV)
He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
(ESV)
and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Dan 2:19

(NIV)
During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven
(ESV)
Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Dan 2:27

(NIV)
Daniel replied, ‘No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about,
(ESV)
Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,

Dan 2:28

(NIV)
but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:

(ESV)
but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

Dan 2:29

(NIV)
‘As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.
(ESV)
To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be.

Dan 2:30

(NIV)
As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.

(ESV)
But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

Dan 2:47

(NIV)
The king said to Daniel, ‘Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.’

(ESV)
The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

Dan 4:9

(NIV)
I said, ‘Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me.
(ESV)
“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too difficult for you, tell me the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.

Dan 8:23

(NIV)
‘In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.
(ESV)
And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.

Hab 2:6

(NIV)
‘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?”
(ESV)
Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own—
for how long?—
and loads himself with pledges!”

Matt 13:11

(NIV)
He replied, ‘Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
(ESV)
And he answered them, To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Mark 4:11

(NIV)
He told them, ‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
(ESV)
And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

Luke 8:10

(NIV)
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.”
(ESV)
he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so thatseeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

Rom 11:25

(NIV)
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
(ESV)
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Rom 16:25

(NIV)
Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
(ESV)
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

1Cor 2:7

(NIV)
No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began.
(ESV)
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.

1Cor 4:1

(NIV)
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
(ESV)
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1Cor 13:2

(NIV)
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
(ESV)
And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1Cor 14:2

(NIV)
For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.
(ESV)
For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

1Cor 15:51

(NIV)
Listen, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –
(ESV)
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Eph 1:9

(NIV)
he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
(ESV)
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

Eph 3:3

(NIV)
that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
(ESV)
how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly.

Eph 3:4

(NIV)
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
(ESV)
When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ,

Eph 3:9

(NIV)
and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
(ESV)
and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things,

Eph 5:32

(NIV)
This is a profound mystery – but I am talking about Christ and the church.
(ESV)
This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Eph 6:19

(NIV)
Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
(ESV)
and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

Col 1:26

(NIV)
the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.
(ESV)
the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

Col 1:27

(NIV)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

(ESV)
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Col 2:2

(NIV)
My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
(ESV)
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ,
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