Psa 49:4, Mat 13:13, 34-35 | ESV | STEP | I will incline my ear to a proverb ; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre .

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

Psalms 49:4

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

Matthew 13:13

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

Matthew 13:34-35

Prophecy and Parables

34 ^eAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet}

^g“I will open my mouth in parables;
^hI will utter what has been hidden ⁱsince the foundation of the world.”