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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.

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

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 for ever.

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

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?

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

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:

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.

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.