1Ki 10:1, Psa 49:4, Pro 1:6, Eze 17:2, 20:49, Mat 13:13, 34, Luk 14:7 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

1 Kings 10:1

1 ^aNow when ^bthe queen of ^cSheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came ^dto test him with hard questions.

4 I will incline my ear to ^ea proverb;
I will solve my ^friddle to the music of the lyre.

6 to understand a proverb and a saying,
^gthe words of the wise and their ^hriddles.

2 ⁱ“Son of man, ^jpropound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

49 Then I said, ^k“Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ^l‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”

13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because ^mseeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, ⁿnor do they understand.

34 ^oAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed ^phow they chose the places of honor, saying to them,