Verse 8

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

Referenced Verses

  • Num 22:12 : 12 And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.
  • Num 23:20 : 20 See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers. 13 But your mind is troubled by the number of your guides: let them now come forward for your salvation: the measurers of the heavens, the watchers of the stars, and those who are able to say from month to month what things are coming on you.