Numbers 22:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Balaam said to Balak, Look, I have come to you: do I have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

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  • Num 22:18 : 18 And Balaam answered and said to 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 23:16 : 16 And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and say thus.
  • Num 23:26 : 26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, All that the LORD speaks, I must do?
  • Num 24:13 : 13 If 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 my own mind; but what the LORD says, that will I speak?
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that will I speak.
  • 2 Chr 18:13 : 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what my God says, that will I speak.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Isa 47:12 : 12 Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail.

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  • Num 23:11-13
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    84%

    11And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them abundantly.

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

    13And Balak said to him, Come, please, with me to another place from where you can see them; you shall see only the utmost part of them and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.

  • Num 24:12-15
    4 verses
    84%

    12And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to 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 my own mind; but what the LORD says, that will I speak?

    14And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, and I will advise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.

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

  • Num 22:16-20
    5 verses
    84%

    16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me:

    17For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me.

    18And Balaam answered and said to 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.

    19Now therefore, I pray you, stay here this night also, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me.

    20And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but only the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do.

  • Num 22:34-37
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    83%

    34And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.

    35And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

    36And when Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is at the extreme boundary.

    37And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?

  • Num 23:25-27
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    83%

    25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

    26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, All that the LORD speaks, I must do?

    27And Balak said to Balaam, Come, please, I will bring you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.

  • Num 22:5-14
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    82%

    5He sent messengers therefore to 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, Look, a people has come out of Egypt; see, they cover the face of the earth, and they dwell opposite me.

    6Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

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

    8And he said to them, Stay here this night, and I will bring word again to you, as the LORD shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

    9And God came to Balaam, and said, Who are these men with you?

    10And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,

    11Look, a people has come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth; come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

    12And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.

    13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your land: for the LORD refuses to let me go with you.

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

  • Num 23:15-18
    4 verses
    82%

    15And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.

    16And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to 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 to him, What has the LORD spoken?

    18And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:2-5
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    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place.

    4And God met Balaam; and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.

  • Num 22:39
    79%

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

  • Num 23:7-8
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    77%

    7And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

    8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

  • Num 22:41
    74%

    41And it happened on the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that from there he might see the furthest part of the people.

  • Num 24:25
    73%

    25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

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

  • Num 24:10
    72%

    10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Num 22:28
    72%

    28And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?

  • Num 22:30
    72%

    30And the donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, upon which you have ridden ever since I became yours until this day? Was I ever accustomed to do so to you? And he said, No.

  • Josh 24:10
    72%

    10But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.