Strong’s H4912
מָשָׁל
ma-shal Israeli Hear on Google modern Hebrewproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Every Old Testament occurrence
- Numbers 23:7And 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, cur…
- Numbers 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 24:20And 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 pe…
- Numbers 24:21And 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 24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
- Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- 1 Samuel 10:12And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Kings 4:32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
- 1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of m…
- 2 Chronicles 7:20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I…
- Job 13:12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
- Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Job 29:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
- Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 25:1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Proverbs 26:9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order…
- Isaiah 14:4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curs…
- Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
- Ezekiel 12:23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but…
- Ezekiel 14:8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye…
- Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth…
- Ezekiel 18:3As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- Ezekiel 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
- Ezekiel 24:3And 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 int…
- Micah 2:4In 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…
- Habakkuk 2:6Shall 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 no…