Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'parable' occurs 61 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'parable' in the standard works and contain 6.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 2 19
Num. 7 0 7
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 2 0 2
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 2 1 3
Micah 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
NT 32 15 47
BM 0 0 0
DC 10 0 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 61 17 78

Num. 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.

Num. 23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Num. 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:

Num. 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:

Num. 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.

Num. 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.

Num. 24:23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Job 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Ps. 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Ps. 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Prov. 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Prov. 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Ezek. 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezek. 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:

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.

Hab. 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!