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מָשָׁל H4912
mâshâl — byword, like, parable, proverb.. Appears in 39 verses. Full definition →
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 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:
Numbers 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:
Numbers 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 forever.
Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, 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!
Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
1 Samuel 10:12
And 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 24:13
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Kings 4:32
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
1 Kings 9:7
Then 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 my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
2 Chronicles 7:20
Then 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 cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
Job 13:12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Job 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job 29:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalms 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.