17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Ps 78:2 · paraphrase
  "I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:"
  Psalm 78: I will open my mouth in parables

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Messianic Promise
• Wisdom
• Word of God

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 2:7 — But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
• 1Cor 2:7 — But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
• 1Pet 1:11 — Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
• 1Pet 1:20 — Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
• 2Tim 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• Acts 15:18 — Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
• Amos 3:7 — Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Col 1:25 — Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
• Deut 29:29 — The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Eph 3:5 — Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
• Eph 3:9 — And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
• Eph 3:9 — And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
• Ezek 17:2 — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
• Gal 4:24 — Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
• Heb 4:3 — For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
• Isa 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Jer 33:3 — Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• Job 11:6 — And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
• Job 28:21 — Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
• John 17:24 — Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
• Matt 1:22 — Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
• Matt 12:17 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
• Matt 13:14 — And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
• Matt 21:4 — All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Num 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
• Num 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.
• Ps 49:4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
• Ps 49:4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
• Ps 78:2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
• Rev 13:8 — And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 17:8 — The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book o
• Rom 16:25 — Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
• Rom 16:25 — Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;