Numbers 23:7

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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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  • Num 22:5-6 : 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
  • Num 24:3 : 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  • Job 27:1 : 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
  • Job 29:1 : 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
  • Num 24:15 : 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
  • Num 24:23 : 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
  • Num 24:21 : 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
  • Num 22:11 : 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
  • Num 22:17 : 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
  • Gen 10:22 : 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
  • Gen 28:2 : 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
  • Gen 28:7 : 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
  • 1 Sam 17:10 : 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
  • 1 Sam 17:25-26 : 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
  • 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
  • 1 Sam 17:45 : 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
  • 2 Sam 21:21 : 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
  • 2 Sam 23:9 : 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

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  • Num 23:8
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    8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

  • Num 23:11-18
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    11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

    12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

    13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

    14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

    15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

    16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

    17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

    18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

    28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

  • Num 22:4-7
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    4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

    5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

    6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

  • Num 22:10-14
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    10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

    11Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

    12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

    13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

    14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

  • Num 22:16-18
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    16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

    17For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

    18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

  • Num 22:41
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    41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:35-39
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    35And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

    36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

    37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

    38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

    39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.

  • Num 23:25
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    25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  • Num 23:5-6
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    5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

    6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

  • Num 23:1-3
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    1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

    3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

  • Deut 23:4
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    4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Num 22:2
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    2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 24:3
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    3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

  • Num 24:9-10
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    9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

    10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Num 24:15
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    15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

    13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

  • Num 24:1
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    1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Judg 11:25
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    25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

  • Num 22:20
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    20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.