1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims
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H4912 — מָשָׁל
ma.shal · proverb · Hebrew/Aramaic
31 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 23:7 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd 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 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:Numbers 24:3 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd 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 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd 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 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd 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 for ever.Numbers 24:21 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd 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 24:23 · מְשָׁל֖וֹAnd he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!Deuteronomy 28:37 · לְמָשָׁ֖לAnd thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.1 Samuel 10:12 · לְמָשָׁ֔לAnd 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 · מְשַׁל֙As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.1 Kings 4:32 · מָשָׁ֑לAnd he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.1 Kings 9:7 · לְמָשָׁ֥לThen 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 · לְמָשָׁ֥לThen 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 · מִשְׁלֵי־Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.Job 27:1 · מְשָׁל֗וֹMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,Job 29:1 · מְשָׁל֗וֹMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,Psalm 44:14 · מָ֭שָׁלThou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.Psalm 49:4 · לְמָשָׁ֣לI will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Psalm 69:11 · לְמָשָֽׁל׃I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.Psalm 78:2 · בְמָשָׁ֣לI will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Proverbs 1:1 · מִ֭שְׁלֵיThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;Proverbs 1:6 · מָ֭שָׁלTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Proverbs 10:1 · מִשְׁלֵ֗יThe proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.Proverbs 25:1 · מִשְׁלֵ֣יThese [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.Proverbs 26:7 · וּ֝מָשָׁ֗לThe legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.Proverbs 26:9 · וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.Ecclesiastes 12:9 · מְשָׁלִ֥יםAnd moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.Isaiah 14:4 · הַמָּשָׁ֥לThat thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!Jeremiah 24:9 · וּלְמָשָׁל֙And 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 curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.Micah 2:4 · מָשָׁ֗לIn 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 the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.Habakkuk 2:6 · מָשָׁ֣לShall 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] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!