Quotes about Parable
Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.
- John Updike
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
- Judges 9:7
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:10
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:12
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:14
So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
- Judges 14:14
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:1
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
- 1 Kings 13:24
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- Proverbs 26:9
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
- Jeremiah 24:2
“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
- Jeremiah 24:3