Deuteronomy 23:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Because they met you not with bread and water in the way, when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

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  • Neh 13:2 : 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse:
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In their troubles, he was also troubled with them, and the angell that went foorth from his presence deliuered them: of very loue and kindnesse that he had vnto them, he redeemed them, he hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the worlde began.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, After this glory hath he sent me out to the heathen which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the apple of his owne eye.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
  • Acts 9:4 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
  • Gen 14:17-18 : 17 After that he returned agayne from the slaughter of Chodorlaomer, and of the kynges that were with hym, came the kyng of Sodome foorth to meete hym in the valey Sauch, which is the kynges dale. 18 And Melchisedech kyng of Salem brought foorth breade and wine: & he was the priest of the most highest God,
  • Num 22:5-7 : 5 He sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor, which is by the riuer of the lande of the chyldren of his folke, to call him, saying: Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, and beholde they couer the face of the earth, & dwell ouer against me. 6 Come nowe therfore I pray thee, and curse me this people, for they are to mightie for me, so peraduenture I myght be able to smyte them, & to driue them out of the lande: For I wote that he whom thou blessest, is blessed, and whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Madian departed, hauyng the rewarde of the southsaying in their hande: And they came vnto Balaam, and tolde hym the wordes of Balac.
  • Num 22:17 : 17 For I wyll greatly promote thee vnto great honour, and wyll do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come I pray thee, curse this people for my sake.
  • Num 23:7 : 7 And he toke vp his parable, and sayd: Balac the king of Moab hath brought me fro Mesopotamia, out of the mountaynes of the east, saying Come, curse Iacob for my sake, come and defie Israel.
  • Deut 2:28-29 : 28 Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, & geue me water for money, for to drinke: Only I wyll go through on my feete, 29 As the children of Esau, which dwel in Seir, and the Moabites which dwel in Ar, dyd vnto me, vntyll I be come ouer Iordane, into the lande which the Lorde our God geueth vs.
  • 1 Sam 25:11 : 11 Shal I then take my bread, my water, and my fleshe that I haue killed for my shearers, and geue it vnto men whom I wot not whence they be?
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For when Iezabel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadia toke an hundred prophets, and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and prouided bread and water for them.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 13:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1And that day dyd they read in the booke of Moyses in the audience of the people, and therein was founde written, that the Ammonites, & Moabites shoulde neuer come into the congregation of God,

    2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Deut 23:5-6
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    83%

    5Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God woulde not hearken vnto Balaam: but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.

    6Thou shalt not seeke their peace nor wealth all thy dayes, for euer.

  • Num 22:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5He sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor, which is by the riuer of the lande of the chyldren of his folke, to call him, saying: Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, and beholde they couer the face of the earth, & dwell ouer against me.

    6Come nowe therfore I pray thee, and curse me this people, for they are to mightie for me, so peraduenture I myght be able to smyte them, & to driue them out of the lande: For I wote that he whom thou blessest, is blessed, and whom thou cursest is cursed.

    7And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Madian departed, hauyng the rewarde of the southsaying in their hande: And they came vnto Balaam, and tolde hym the wordes of Balac.

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Then Balak the sonne of Ziphor king of Moab, arose & warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you:

    10But I woulde not hearken vnto Balaam, & therfore he rather blessed you: and so I deliuered you out of his hand.

  • Num 22:10-14
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    79%

    10And Balaam sayd vnto God: Balac the sonne of Ziphor kyng of Moab hath sent vnto me saying:

    11Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, and couereth the face of the earth: Come nowe therefore, and curse them for my sake, if so peraduenture I may be able to ouercome them in battayle, and to dryue them out.

    12And God said vnto Balaam: Go not thou with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed.

    13And Balaam rose vp in the mornyng, and sayd vnto the lordes of Balac, Get you vnto your lande: for the Lord wyll not suffer me to go with you.

    14And the lordes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balac and sayde: Balaam would not come with vs.

  • Num 23:13
    78%

    13And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I pray thee with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, and thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: curse them out of that place for my sake.

  • Num 23:7-8
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    7And he toke vp his parable, and sayd: Balac the king of Moab hath brought me fro Mesopotamia, out of the mountaynes of the east, saying Come, curse Iacob for my sake, come and defie Israel.

    8Howe shall I curse hym, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defie hym, whom God hath not defied?

  • Num 23:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27And Balac said vnto Balaam: Come I pray thee, and I wyll bryng thee yet vnto another place, if at all it will please God, that thou mayst thence curse them for my sake.

    28And Balac brought Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that looketh towarde Iesimon.

  • Num 23:25
    77%

    25And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: Neither curse them, nor blesse them at all.

  • Num 23:11
    76%

    11And Balac sayd vnto Balaam: What hast thou done vnto me? I toke thee to curse myne enemies, and beholde thou hast blessed them altogether.

  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15And he said vnto Balac: Stande here by thy burnt sacrifice, whyle I meete the Lorde yonder.

    16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a worde in his mouth, and sayd: Go agayne vnto Balac, and say thus.

    17And when he came to hym, beholde he stoode by his burnt sacrifice, and the lordes of Moab with hym. And Balac saide vnto hym: What hath the Lorde sayde?

  • Num 24:1
    74%

    1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lorde that he should blesse Israel, he went not as he dyd twise before to meete a soothsaying: but set his face towarde the wyldernesse.

  • Num 22:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Whiche came to Balaam, and tolde hym, Thus sayeth Balac the sonne of Ziphor: Oh let nothyng let thee, but come vnto me:

    17For I wyll greatly promote thee vnto great honour, and wyll do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come I pray thee, curse this people for my sake.

  • Num 22:36-37
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    74%

    36And when Balac heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meete hym, vnto a citie of Moab, whiche is in the border of Arnon, eue in the vtmost coast.

    37And Balac sayd vnto Balaam: Dyd I not sende for thee to call thee? And wherfore camest thou not vnto me: Am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour?

  • Num 24:10
    74%

    10And Balac was wroth with Balaam, and smote his handes together, and Balac said vnto Balaam: I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and behold thou hast blessed them this three tymes.

  • Judg 11:25
    74%

    25And art thou better then Balac the sonne of Zephor king of Moab? Did he not stryue with Israel and fight against them,

  • Num 22:39
    73%

    39And Balaam went with Balac, and they came vnto a citie of streates.

  • Num 31:16
    72%

    16Beholde, these caused the children of Israel through the councel of Balaam, to commit trespasse agaynst the Lorde in the businesse of Peor, and there folowed a plague among the congregation of the Lorde.

  • Num 22:41
    72%

    41And on the morowe Balac toke Balaam, and brought hym vp into the hye places of Baal, that thence he might see the vtmost part of the people.

  • Mic 6:5
    72%

    5Remember O my people, what Balach the king of Moab had deuised against thee, and what aunswere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue him, from Sethin vnto Galgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnesse of the Lorde.

  • Num 24:12
    72%

    12Balaam aunswered vnto Balac: Tolde I not thy messengers whiche thou sendedst vnto me, saying:

  • Num 22:2
    72%

    2And Balac the sonne of Ziphor, sawe all that Israel had done to ye Amorites.

  • Num 23:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde: And Balac and Balaam offred on euery aulter an oxe and a ramme.

    3And Balaam said vnto Balac: Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go, if happly the Lorde will meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I wyll tell thee. And he went vp hyer.

    4But God met Balaam, & Balaam sayd vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen aulters, and haue offred vpon euery aulter an oxe and a ramme.

    5And the Lorde put a saying in Balaams mouth, and sayde: Go agayne to Balac, and say on this wyse.

  • Deut 9:28
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    28Lest the lande whence thou broughtest them, say, The Lorde is not able to bryng them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, therefore hath he caryed them out to slay them in the wyldernesse.

  • Deut 25:17
    71%

    17Remember what Amalech dyd vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt.

  • Num 22:20
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    20And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayde vnto hym: If the men come to call thee, ryse vp and go with them: but loke what I say vnto thee, that shalt thou do.

  • Deut 8:4
    71%

    4Thy rayment waxed not olde vpon thee, neither dyd thy foote swell these fourtie yeres.