Numbers 23:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

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  • Num 22:5-6 : 5 And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the [ face of the earth, and they abide over against me. 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
  • Num 24:3 : 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  • Job 27:1 : 1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,
  • Job 29:1 : 1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
  • Num 24:15 : 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
  • Num 24:23 : 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. [
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
  • Num 24:21 : 21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
  • Num 22:11 : 11 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.
  • Num 22:17 : 17 for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
  • Gen 10:22 : 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
  • Gen 28:2 : 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
  • 1 Sam 17:10 : 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
  • 1 Sam 17:25-26 : 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
  • 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
  • 1 Sam 17:45 : 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
  • 2 Sam 21:21 : 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, slew him.
  • 2 Sam 23:9 : 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 23:8
    85%

    8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

  • Num 23:11-18
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    11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

    12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

    13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

    14And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

    15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

    16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

    17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

    18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

    28And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

  • Num 22:4-7
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    82%

    4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

    5And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the [ face of the earth, and they abide over against me.

    6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

  • Num 22:10-14
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    10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, [saying] ,

    11Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.

    12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

    13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

    14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

  • Num 22:16-18
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    16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

    17for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

    18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

  • Num 22:41
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    41And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:35-39
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    35And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

    36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

    37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?

    38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

    39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.

  • Num 23:25
    79%

    25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  • Num 23:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

    6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

  • Num 23:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

    3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

  • Deut 23:4
    77%

    4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Num 22:2
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    2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 24:3
    77%

    3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  • Num 24:9-10
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    9He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

    10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Num 24:15
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    15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  • Num 24:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

    13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?

  • Num 24:1
    76%

    1And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Judg 11:25
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    25And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

  • Num 22:20
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    20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.