Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'"

Judges 9:8-15
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' . . .

Judges 14:12-19
"Let me tell you a riddle, " Samson said to them. "If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. . . .

2 Samuel 12:1-4
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. . . .

Hosea 12:10
I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

Matthew 13:13, 14, 35
This is why I speak to them in parables: 'Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.' . . .

Mark 4:33, 34
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. . . .

1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.