Numbers 23:20

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'Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.'

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  • Gen 22:17 : 17 I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.
  • Num 22:12 : 12 But God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.'
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
  • Num 22:18 : 18 But Balaam answered Balak's servants, 'Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.'
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Even from eternity I am He; none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?
  • John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither powers, neither things present nor things to come, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Num 22:38 : 38 Balaam said to Balak, 'Well, I have come to you now. But I cannot say just anything. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 23:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle and said: 'From Aram Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: "Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel."'

    8 How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those the LORD has not denounced?

    9 For from the top of the rocks I see them, from the hills I behold them; they are a people who live apart and do not consider themselves among the nations.

  • Num 23:19
    75%

    19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11 Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'

    12 He answered, 'Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'

    13 Then Balak said to him, 'Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will see only a part of them, not all of them. From there, curse them for me.'

  • Num 22:12
    74%

    12 But God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.'

  • Num 23:21
    73%

    21 'He has not observed iniquity in Jacob or seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of a king is among them.'

  • Num 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 Then Balak said to Balaam, 'If you won’t curse them for me, then at least don’t bless them!'

    26 But Balaam replied, 'Didn’t I tell you that I must do whatever the LORD says?'

  • Num 22:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 'For I will reward you very handsomely and will do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on these people for me.'

    18 But Balaam answered Balak's servants, 'Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.'

  • Deut 11:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—

    27 the blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

  • Heb 6:14
    71%

    14 saying, 'Surely I will bless you abundantly and multiply your descendants greatly.'

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    71%

    9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.

    10 Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. He said to Balaam, 'I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them three times!'

    11 Now leave and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.'

    12 Balaam answered Balak, 'Did I not tell your messengers that you sent to me,'

    13 'Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD, to do anything good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I will speak.'

  • Num 22:6
    71%

    6 Now, please come and curse this people for me, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.

  • Deut 23:5
    70%

    5 This is because they did not meet you with bread and water on your way out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram Naharaim to curse you.

  • Num 23:23
    70%

    23 'There is no divination against Jacob, no sorcery against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel: "See what God has done!"'

  • Josh 24:10
    70%

    10 But I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

  • Deut 28:8
    69%

    8 The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Gen 48:20
    69%

    20 On that day, he blessed them and said, 'By you, Israel will pronounce this blessing: May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.' So he placed Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

  • Num 6:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23 Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:

    24 "The LORD bless you and keep you;

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • Num 22:38
    69%

    38 Balaam said to Balak, 'Well, I have come to you now. But I cannot say just anything. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.'

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    68%

    17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant.

  • Neh 13:2
    68%

    2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Deut 33:1
    68%

    1 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the Israelites before his death.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    68%

    4 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

  • Gen 18:18
    68%

    18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all nations of the earth will be blessed.

  • Gen 31:29
    68%

    29 I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

  • 1 Kgs 8:56
    68%

    56 Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, just as He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He gave through His servant Moses.

  • Lev 27:33
    68%

    33 No one may pick out the good from the bad or make any substitution. If anyone does substitute one animal for another, both the original animal and its substitute shall become holy and cannot be redeemed.

  • Gen 26:3
    67%

    3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

  • Exod 34:10
    67%

    10 The LORD responded, "I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will perform wonders never before done in any nation or all the earth. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

  • Num 24:1
    67%

    1 When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to seeking omens as he had done before, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

  • Gen 24:50
    67%

    50 Laban and Bethuel answered, 'This matter comes from the Lord; we cannot say good or bad to you.'

  • Heb 11:20
    67%

    20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Gen 27:29
    67%

    29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.

  • Mal 2:2
    67%

    2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.

  • Gen 22:17
    67%

    17 I will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your offspring like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore, and your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

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