Numbers 23:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

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  • Gen 22:17 : 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Num 22:12 : 12 And God said vnto Balaam, Go not thou with them, neither curse the people, for they are blessed.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and will blesse thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
  • Num 22:18 : 18 And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more.
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can deliuer out of mine hand: I will doe it, and who shall let it?
  • John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me, 28 And I giue vnto them eternall life, & they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand. 29 My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.
  • Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am perswaded that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shalbe able to separate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesus our Lord.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Which are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, which is prepared to be shewed in the last time.
  • Num 22:38 : 38 And Balaam made answere vnto Balak, Lo, I am come vnto thee, and can I nowe say any thing at all? the worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shal I speake.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 23:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7Then he vttered his parable, and sayde, Balak the king of Moab hath brought mee from Aram out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse Iaakob for my sake: come, and detest Israel.

    8How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

    9For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hils I did beholde him: lo, the people shal dwell by themselues, and shal not be reckened among the nations.

  • Num 23:19
    75%

    19God is not as man, that he should lie, neither as the sonne of man that he shoulde repent: hath he sayde and shal he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shal he not accomplish it?

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

    12And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

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

  • Num 22:12
    74%

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

  • Num 23:21
    73%

    21Hee seeth none iniquitie in Iaakob, nor seeth no transgression in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the ioyfull shoute of a king is among them.

  • Num 23:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

    26But Balaam answered, & saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lorde speaketh, that must I do?

  • Num 22:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

    18And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more.

  • Deut 11:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

    27The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lorde your God which I command you this day:

  • Heb 6:14
    71%

    14Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    71%

    9He coucheth and lieth downe as a yong lion, and as a lion: who shall stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

    10Then Balak was very angry with Balaam, and smote his handes together: so Balak sayde vnto Balaam, I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them nowe three times.

    11Therefore nowe flee vnto thy place: I thought surely to promote thee vnto honour, but loe, the Lorde hath kept thee backe from honour.

    12Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

    13If Balak would giue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not passe the commandement of the Lorde, to doe either good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shall commaunde, the same will I speake.

  • Num 22:6
    71%

    6Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

  • Deut 23:5
    70%

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

  • Num 23:23
    70%

    23For there is no sorcerie in Iaakob, nor soothsaying in Israel: according to this time it shalbe sayde of Iaakob and of Israel, What hath God wrought?

  • Josh 24:10
    70%

    10But I would not heare Balaam: therefore he blessed you, and I deliuered you out of his hand.

  • Deut 28:8
    69%

    8The Lord shal command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses, and in all that thou settest thine hande to, and wil blesse thee in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Gen 48:20
    69%

    20So he blessed them that day, and sayde, In thee Israel shall blesse, and say, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

  • Num 6:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23Speake vnto Aaron and to his sonnes, saying, Thus shal ye blesse the childre of Israel, and say vnto them,

    24The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee,

  • Ps 37:22
    69%

    22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

  • Num 22:38
    69%

    38And Balaam made answere vnto Balak, Lo, I am come vnto thee, and can I nowe say any thing at all? the worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shal I speake.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
    68%

    17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Neh 13:2
    68%

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

  • Deut 33:1
    68%

    1Nowe this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said,

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    68%

    4And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, & hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

  • Gen 18:18
    68%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Gen 31:29
    68%

    29I am able to do you euill: but the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying, Take heed that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good.

  • 1 Kgs 8:56
    68%

    56Blessed be the Lorde that hath giuen rest vnto his people Israel, according to all that hee promised: there hath not fayled one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his seruant.

  • Lev 27:33
    68%

    33He shal not looke if it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: els if he change it, both it, and that it was changed withall, shalbe holy, and it shall not be redeemed.

  • Gen 26:3
    67%

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Exod 34:10
    67%

    10And he answered, Behold, I will make a couenant before all thy people, and will do marueiles, such as haue not bene done in all the worlde, neyther in all nations: and all the people among whom thou art, shal see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

  • Num 24:1
    67%

    1When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to blesse Israel, then he went not, as certaine times before, to set diuinations, but set his face toward the wildernesse.

  • Gen 24:50
    67%

    50Then answered Laban and Bethuel, and said, This thing is proceeded of the Lorde: we cannot therefore say vnto thee, neither euill nor good.

  • Heb 11:20
    67%

    20By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau, concerning things to come.

  • Gen 27:29
    67%

    29Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

  • Mal 2:2
    67%

    2If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lorde of hostes, I will euen sende a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them alreadie, because yee doe not consider it in your heart.

  • Gen 22:17
    67%

    17Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.