Numbers 23:7

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Then 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.

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  • Num 22:5-6 : 5 Hee sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor (which is by the riuer of the lande of the children of his folke) to call him, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lye ouer against me. 6 Come 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.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.
  • Num 24:3 : 3 And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man, whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.
  • Job 27:1 : 1 Moreouer Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
  • Job 29:1 : 1 So Iob proceeded and continued his parable, saying,
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of olde.
  • Num 24:15 : 15 And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that daye shall they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly wasted: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it vnto mee? he hath deuided our fieldes.
  • Num 24:23 : 23 Againe he vttered his parable, and sayd, Alas, who shall liue when God doeth this?
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake hee to them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meale, till all be leauened.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, and will vtter the thinges which haue beene kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde.
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.
  • Num 24:21 : 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and vttered his parable, and sayde, Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest in the rocke.
  • Num 22:11 : 11 Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out.
  • Num 22:17 : 17 For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
  • Gen 10:22 : 22 The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
  • Gen 28:2 : 2 Arise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 And that Iaakob had obeyed his father & his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Sonne of man, put foorth a parable and speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel,
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then saide I, Ah Lord God, they say of me, Doeth not he speake parables?
  • 1 Sam 17:10 : 10 Also the Philistim saide, I defie the hoste of Israel this day: giue mee a man, that we may fight together.
  • 1 Sam 17:25-26 : 25 For euery man of Israel saide, Sawe yee not this man that commeth vp? euen to reuile Israel is he come vp: and to him that killeth him, wil the king giue great riches, and will giue him his daughter, yea, and make his fathers house free in Israel. 26 Then Dauid spake to the men that stoode with him, and sayde, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistim, and taketh away the shame from Israel? for who is this vncircumcised Philistim, that he shoulde reuile the hoste of the liuing God?
  • 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 So thy seruaunt slue both the lyon, and the beare: therefore this vncircumcised Philistim shall be as one of them, seeing hee hath railed on the hoste of the liuing God.
  • 1 Sam 17:45 : 45 Then sayd Dauid to the Philistim, Thou commest to me with a sword, and with a speare, & with a shield, but I come to thee in the Name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.
  • 2 Sam 21:21 : 21 And when hee reuiled Israel, Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him.
  • 2 Sam 23:9 : 9 And after him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodo, the sonne of Ahohi, one of the three worthies with Dauid, when they defied the Philistims gathered there to battel, when the men of Israel were gone vp.

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  • Num 23:8
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    8 How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

  • Num 23:11-18
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    11 Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

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

    13 And 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.

    14 And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

    15 After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

    16 And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

    17 And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

    18 And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27 Againe Balak sayd vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I wil bring thee vnto another place, if so be it wil please God, that thou mayest thence curse them for my sake.

    28 So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

  • Num 22:4-7
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    4 Therfore Moab said vnto the Elders of Midian, Nowe shall this multitude licke vp all that are round about vs, as an oxe licketh vp ye grasse of the fielde: and Balak the sonne of Zippor was King of the Moabites at that time.

    5 Hee sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor (which is by the riuer of the lande of the children of his folke) to call him, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lye ouer against me.

    6 Come 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.

    7 And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, hauing the reward of the soothsaying in their hande, and they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balak.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9 Also Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent to call Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you,

  • Num 22:10-14
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    10 And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

    11 Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue 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 morning, and sayde vnto ye princes of Balak, Returne vnto your land: for the Lord hath refused to giue me leaue to go with you.

    14 So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

  • Num 22:16-18
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    16 Who came to Balaam, and sayde to him, Thus saith Balak the sonne of Zippor, Bee not thou staied, I pray thee, from coming vnto me.

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

    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.

  • Num 22:41
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    41 And on the morowe Balak tooke Balaam, and brought him vp into the hie places of Baal, that thence hee might see the vtmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:35-39
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    35 But the Angel said vnto Balaam, Go with the men: but what I say vnto thee, that shalt thou speake. So Balaam went with ye princes of Balak.

    36 And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meete him vnto a citie of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, euen in the vtmost coast.

    37 Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, Did I not sende for thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not vnto me? am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour?

    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.

    39 So Balaam went with Balak, & they came vnto the citie of Huzoth.

  • Num 23:25
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    25 Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

  • Num 23:5-6
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    5 And the Lord put an answere in Balaams mouth, and sayde, Go againe to Balak, and say on this wise.

    6 So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

  • Num 23:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

    2 And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

    3 Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

  • Deut 23:4
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    4 Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.

  • Num 22:2
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    2 Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 24:3
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    3 And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man, whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

  • Num 24:9-10
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    9 He 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.

    10 Then 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.

  • Num 24:15
    77%

    15 And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12 Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

    13 If 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 24:1
    76%

    1 When 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.

  • Judg 11:25
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    25 And art thou nowe farre better then Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab? did he not striue with Israel and fight against them,

  • Num 22:20
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    20 And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayd vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.

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