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REFERENCE PARABLES
KING JAMES VERSION Normally, a parable is thought of as an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. It is usually a fictitious narrative.
Numbers 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Numbers 24:3-5 [24:3] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: [24:4] He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: [24:5] How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Numbers 24:15-17 [24:15] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: [24:16] He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: [24:17] I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Numbers 24:20-21 [24:20] And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. [24:21] And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Numbers 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Judges 9:8-15 [9:7] And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. [9:8] The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. [9:9] But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? [9:10] And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. [9:11] But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? [9:12] Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. [9:13] And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? [9:14] Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
See above [9:15] And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Judges 14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
II Samuel 12:1-9 [12:1] And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor . [12:2] The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: [12:3] But the poor man had nothing , save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. [12:4] And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
See above [12:5] And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: [12:6] And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. [12:7] And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; [12:8] And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. [12:9] Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
II Samuel 14:4-7 [14:4] And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. [14:5] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. [14:6] And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. [14:7] And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. (The wise woman of Tekoah spake to the king David)
I Kings 20:38-40 [20:38] So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. [20:39] And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. [20:40] And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
II Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
II Chronicles 25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Job 27:1-3 [27:1] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, [27:2] As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; [27:3] All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job 29:1-3 [29:1] Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, [29:2] Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; [29:3] When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Psalms 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Song of Solomon 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Song of Solomon 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb : honey and milk are under thy tongue ; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple ; the king is held in the galleries.
Song of Solomon 7:11 This thy stature is like to a palm tree , and thy breasts to clusters of grapes .
Isaiah 5:1-7 [5:1] Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: [5:2] And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. [5:3] And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. [5:4] What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? [5:5] And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [5:6] And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
See above [5:7] For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel , and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah 33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth : Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down : Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits .
Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Jeremiah 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman .
Jeremiah 13:1, 18, 24, 27 [13:1] Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle , and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. [13:18] Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. [13:24] Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. [13:27] I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Jeremiah 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jeremiah 51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Ezekiel 16:17, 19, 23-24, 31, 33, 37 [16:17] Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, [16:19] My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. [16:23] And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the LORD GOD;) [16:24] That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. [16:31] In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; [16:33] They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
See above [16:37] Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
Ezekiel 17:1-10 [17:1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [17:2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; [17:3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: [17:4] He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. [17:5] He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. [17:6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. [17:7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
See above [17:8] It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. [17:9] Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. [17:10] Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Ezekiel 19:2-9 [19:2] And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. [19:3] And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. [19:4] The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. [19:5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. [19:6] And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. [19:7] And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. [19:8] Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
See above [19:9] And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 19:10-14 [19:10] Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. [19:11] And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. [19:12] But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. [19:13] And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. [19:14] And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel 20:45-49 [20:45] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [20:46] Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; [20:47] And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. [20:48] And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. [20:49] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Ezekiel 21:1-7 [21:1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [21:2] Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, [21:3] And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. [21:4] Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: [21:5] That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. [21:6] Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
See above [21:7] And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 21:8-17 [21:8] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [21:9] Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: [21:10] It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. [21:11] And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. [21:12] Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. [21:13] Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. [21:14] Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
See above [21:15] I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. [21:16] Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. [21:17] I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
Ezekiel 23:1-49 [23:1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, [23:2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: [23:3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. [23:4] And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. [23:5] And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, [23:6] Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. [23:7] Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
See above [23:8] Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. [23:9] Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. [23:10] These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. [23:11] And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. [23:12] She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. [23:13] Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, [23:14] And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
See above [23:15] Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: [23:16] And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. [23:17] And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. [23:18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. [23:19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. [23:20] For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. [23:21] Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
See above [23:22] Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; [23:23] The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. [23:24] And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. [23:25] And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. [23:26] They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
See above [23:27] Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. [23:28] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: [23:29] And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. [23:30] I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. [23:31] Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. [23:32] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
See above [23:33] Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. [23:34] Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. [23:35] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. [23:36] The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; [23:37] That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. [23:38] Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
See above [23:39] For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. [23:40] And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, [23:41] And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. [23:42] And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. [23:43] Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? [23:44] Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
See above [23:45] And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. [23:46] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. [23:47] And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. [23:48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. [23:49] And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 24:1-14 [24:1] Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [24:2] Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. [24:3] And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: [24:4] Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. [24:5] Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. [24:6] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. [24:7] For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
See above [24:8] That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. [24:9] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. [24:10] Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. [24:11] Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. [24:12] She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. [24:13] In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. [24:14] I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Micah 2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap :
Matthew 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men .
Matthew 4:30-34 [4:30] Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. [4:31] In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. [4:32] But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. [4:33] Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? [4:34] Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (See Mark 9:50 and Luke 14:34-35 below)
Matthew 5:14-16 [5:14] Ye are the light of the world . A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. [5:15] Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. [5:16] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (See Mark 4:21 and Luke 8:16 & 11:33 below)
Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek , turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:25-26 [5:25] Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. [5:26] Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. (See Luke 12:58-59 below)
Matthew 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
Matthew 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain . (Go the extra mile)
Matthew 6:22-23 [6:22] The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. [6:23] But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? (See Luke 12:24 below)
Matthew 6:28-30 [6:28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: [6:29] And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [6:30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (See Luke 12:27-28 below)
Matthew 7:3-5 [7:3 ] And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? [7:4] Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? [7:5] Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (How can you tell the hogs from the dogs? By discernment!)
Matthew 7:13-14 [7:13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [7:14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing , but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew 7:16-20 [7:16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [7:17] Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit . [7:18] A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [7:19] Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. [7:20] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. (See Luke 6:43-44 below)
Matthew 7:24-27 [7:24] Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : [7:25] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. [7:26] And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: [7:27] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (See Luke 6:47-49 below)
Matthew 9:16-17 [9:16] And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole. [9:17] And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe. (See Mark 2:21-22 and Luke 5:36-38 below)
Matthew 9:37-38 [9:37] Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous , but the labourers are few; [9:38] Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew 11:16-17 [11:16] But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets , and calling unto their fellows, [11:17] And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Matthew 11:28-30 [11:28] Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [11:29] Take my yoke upon you , and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. [11:30] For my yoke is easy , and my burden is light.
Matthew 12:26-29 [12:26] And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? [12:27] And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. [12:28] But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. [12:29] Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house , and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. (See Mark 3:23-27 and Luke 11:21-22 below)
Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit .
Matthew 12:43-45 [12:43] When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. [12:44] Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. [12:45] Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Matthew 12:46-50 [12:46] While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. [12:47] Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. [12:48] But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? [12:49] And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! [12:50] For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. (See Mark 3:31-35 and Luke 8:19-21 below)
Matthew 13:3-23 [13:3] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; [13:4] And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: [13:5] Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: [13:6] And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. [13:7] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: [13:8] But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. (Parable of the Sower)
See above [13:12] For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not , from him shall be taken away even that he hath. [13:13] Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. [13:14] And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
See above [13:18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower . [13:19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. [13:20] But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; [13:21] Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. [13:22] He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
See above [13:23] But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. (Parable of the Sower explained) (See Mark 4:2-20 and Luke 8:5-15 below)
Matthew 13:24-30 [13:24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [13:25] But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. [13:26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. [13:27] So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? [13:28] He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? [13:29] But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. [13:30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. (Parable of the Tares)
Matthew 13:31-32 [13:31] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed , which a man took, and sowed in his field: [13:32] Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. (Parable of the Mustard Seed) (See Mark 4:30-32 and Luke 13:18-19 below)
Matthew 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. (Parable of the Leaven Seed) (See Luke 13:20-21 below)
Matthew 13:36-43 [13:36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. [13:37] He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; [13:38] The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; [13:39] The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [13:40] As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. [13:41] The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; [13:42] And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. [13:43] Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Parable of the Tares explained)
Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field ; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew 13:45-46 [13:45] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls : [13:46] Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 13:47-50 [13:47] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: [13:48] Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. [13:49] So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, [13:50] And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Matthew 15:11-20 [15:11] Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. [15:12] Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? [15:13] But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. [15:14] Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. [15:15] Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. [15:16] And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? [15:17] Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? [15:18] But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. [15:19] For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
See above [15:20] These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Matthew 15:26-27 [15:26] But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. [15:27] And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.