Psa 49:4, Eze 17:2, 20:49, Mat 13:35, Joh 15:15, 1Cor 13:12 | ESV | STEP | I will incline my ear to a proverb ; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre .

hCited from Ps. 78:2

i[ver. 11; Rom. 16:25, 26; 1 Cor. 2:7]

j ch. 25:34; Luke 11:50; [John 17:24; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:20]

k[ver. 20]

n[ch. 13:7, 12]

o ch. 3:32; 8:26, 40; [ch. 16:13]

p ch. 17:26; [Gen. 18:17; 1 Cor. 2:16; 13:9, 10]

q James 1:23; [Num. 12:8; Job 36:26; 2 Cor. 3:18; 5:7]

r 1 John 3:2; See Matt. 5:8

sSee ch. 8:3

Psalms 49:4

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

Ezekiel 17:2

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

Ezekiel 20:49

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

Matthew 13:35

35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet}

^h“I will open my mouth in parables;
ⁱI will utter what has been hidden ^jsince the foundation of the world.”

John 15:15

15 ^kNo longer do I call you servants, ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} for the servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 20} ⁿdoes not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^oall that I have heard from my Father ^pI have made known to you.

1 Corinthians 13:12

12 For ^qnow we see in a mirror dimly, but ^rthen face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as ^sI have been fully known.