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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.

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