Numbers 23:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 22:12 : 12 And God said vnto Balaam: Go not thou with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed.
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse: for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to aulter it.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no sorcerie in Iacob, nor soothsaying in Israel, according to this time it shalbe sayde of Iacob and Israel: What hath God wrought?
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 I destroy the tokens of witches, and make the soothsayers fooles: As for the wise I turne them backwarde, and make their cunning foolishnesse.
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Nowe go to thy coniurers, and to the multitude of thy witches with whom thou hast weeryed thy selfe from thy youth, if thei may helpe thee or strength thee. 13 Thou hast hitherto had many counsayles of them: So let the heauen gasers, and the beholders of starres, and moone prophetes, come on now and deliuer thee, yea and let them shew when these new thinges shal come vpon thee.

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  • Num 23:7
    85%

    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.

  • Num 22:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    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 23:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

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

    12 He aunswered and sayd: Must I not take heede to speake that whiche the lorde hath put in my mouth?

    13 And 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 23:25-27
    3 verses
    81%

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

    26 But Balaam aunswered and said vnto Balac: Tolde not I thee, saying, All that ye Lorde speaketh, that I must do?

    27 And 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.

  • Num 22:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

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

    11 Beholde, 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.

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

    13 And 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.

  • Num 22:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

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

    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.

    18 And Balaam aunswered and said vnto the seruauntes of Balac: If Balac woulde geue me his house full of syluer and golde, I can not go beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to do lesse or more:

  • Num 23:16-20
    5 verses
    77%

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

    17 And 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?

    18 And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

    19 God is not a man that he should lye, neither the sonne of a ma that he should repent: should he say & not do? or should he speake, and not make it good?

    20 Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse: for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to aulter it.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    76%

    9 He couched hym selfe, and lay downe as a Lion, and as an elder Lion: who shall stirre hym vp? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

    10 And 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.

    11 Therfore nowe get thee quickly vnto thy place: I thought that I would promote thee vnto honour, but lo the Lord hath kept thee backe from worship.

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

    13 If Balac woulde geue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not passe the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine owne minde: But what the Lorde sayeth, that wyll I speake.

  • Deut 23:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 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.

    5 Neuerthelesse, 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.

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 Then 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:

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

  • Num 23:9
    74%

    9 For from the toppe of the rockes I see hym, and from the hylles I beholde hym: lo, the people shall dwell by them selues, and shal not be reckened among the nations.

  • Neh 13:2
    74%

    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.

  • Num 22:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37 And 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?

    38 And Balaam made aunswere vnto Balac, Lo, I am come vnto thee, and can I nowe say any thyng at all? The worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speake.

  • Job 31:30
    73%

    30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • 2 Sam 16:10
    73%

    10 And the king sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? for he curseth euen because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: Who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so?

  • Ps 109:28
    72%

    28 They will curse, but thou wylt blesse: they wyl rise vp against me but let them be confounded, and thy seruaunt wyll reioyce.

  • Lev 24:15
    72%

    15 And thou shalt speake vnto ye children of Israel, saying: Whosoeuer curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.

  • Exod 22:28
    71%

    28 Thou shalt not rayle vpon ye gods, neither blaspheme ye ruler of the people.

  • Isa 37:23
    71%

    23 But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? Agaynst whom hast thou lifted vp thy voyce, and exalted thy proude lokes? euen agaynst the holy one of Israel.

  • Jer 48:10
    71%

    10 Cursed be he that doth the worke of the Lorde fraudulently, and cursed be he that kepeth backe his sworde from sheddyng of blood.

  • Num 24:1
    71%

    1 And 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.

  • Judg 11:25
    71%

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

  • Num 23:5
    71%

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

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3 I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.