Parables

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Bible verses about “Parables”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Judges 9:8The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
• Judges 9:9But 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?
• Judges 9:10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
• Judges 9:11But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
• Judges 9:12Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
• Judges 9:13And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
• Judges 9:14Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
• Judges 9:15And 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.
• 2 Samuel 12:1And 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.
• 2 Samuel 12:2The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
• 2 Samuel 12:3But 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.
• 2 Samuel 12:4And 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.
• 2 Samuel 12:5And 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:
• 2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
• 2 Samuel 14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
• 2 Samuel 14:6And 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.
• 2 Samuel 14:7And, 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.
• 2 Samuel 14:8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
• 2 Samuel 14:9And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
• 2 Samuel 14:10And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
• 2 Samuel 14:12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
• 1 Kings 11:30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
• 1 Kings 11:31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
• 1 Kings 11:32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
• 1 Kings 20:39And 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.
• 1 Kings 20:40And 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.
• 1 Kings 20:41And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
• 2 Kings 14:9And 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.
• Psalms 80:8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
• Psalms 80:9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
• Psalms 80:10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
• Psalms 80:11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
• Psalms 80:12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
• Psalms 80:13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
• Psalms 80:14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
• Psalms 80:15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
• Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
• Isaiah 5:1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Isaiah 5:2And 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.