Numbers 22:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

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  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
  • Gen 22:16-18 : 16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son, 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them; 18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
  • Num 22:19-20 : 19 So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me. 20 And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.
  • Num 23:3 : 3 Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
  • Num 23:13-15 : 13 And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there. 14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. 15 Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
  • Num 23:19-20 : 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth? 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!
  • Deut 23:5 : 5 But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
  • Job 33:15-17 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds; 16 Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see; 17 In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;
  • Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.
  • Rom 4:6-7 : 6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying, 7 Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 23:25-27
    3 verses
    87%

    25 Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

    26 But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

    27 Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.

  • Num 22:13-14
    2 verses
    84%

    13 In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.

    14 So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    82%

    11 Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.

    12 And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

    13 And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

  • Deut 23:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4 Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.

    5 But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

    6 Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.

  • Num 22:5-11
    7 verses
    81%

    5 So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:

    6 Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

    7 So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.

    8 And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.

    9 And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you?

    10 And Balaam said to God, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me, saying,

    11 See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.

  • Num 22:35
    81%

    35 And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.

  • Num 22:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    16 And they came to Balaam and said, Balak, son of Zippor, says, Let nothing keep you from coming to me:

    17 For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.

    18 But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

    19 So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.

    20 And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.

  • Num 23:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

    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?

  • Neh 13:2
    80%

    2 Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

  • Num 24:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    79%

    9 He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

    10 Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.

    11 Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.

    12 Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

    13 Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:

    10 But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

  • Num 23:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16 And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

    17 So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?

  • Num 23:5
    76%

    5 And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

  • Num 22:41
    76%

    41 And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.

  • Num 22:37-39
    3 verses
    75%

    37 And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?

    38 Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

    39 And Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-huzoth.

  • Num 23:3
    74%

    3 Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.

  • Num 24:25
    74%

    25 Then Balaam got up and went back to his place: and Balak went away.

  • Gen 12:3
    74%

    3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Num 23:20
    74%

    20 See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.