“Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.”
Numbers 21:27
Ballad H4911: Denominative from מָשָׁל H4912; to liken, that is, (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively to resemble: - be (-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter. H4912: Apparently from מָשַׁל H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy maxim, usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse): - byword, like, parable, proverb.
“My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.”
Psalm 49:3-4
“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;”
Ezekiel 17:2
“All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ‘I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.’“
Matthew 13:34-35
Say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
Built H1129: A primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively): - (begin to) build (-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Established H3559: A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous): - certain (-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
“And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Genesis 15:16
“Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,”
Revelation 13:7
“…And in his manhood he strove with God. He strove with the angel and prevailed; …”
Hosea 12:3-4
“Then he said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.’”
Genesis 32:28
“Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.”
Psalm 19:12-13
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
Proverbs 4:23