Job 27:1

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, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

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

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

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.