I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.(A)

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I will turn my ear to a proverb;(A)
    with the harp(B) I will expound my riddle:(C)

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for understanding a proverb or a parable,[a]
the words of the wise, and their riddles.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or an enigma

for understanding proverbs and parables,(A)
    the sayings and riddles(B) of the wise.[a](C)

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  1. Proverbs 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

35 so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.(A)[a]

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35 So was fulfilled(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“I will open my mouth in parables,
    I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 13:35 Psalm 78:2