2 Peter 2:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).

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  • Num 22:21-33 : 21 So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 God Opposes Balaam Then God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him. 23 And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road. 24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. 25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again. 26 Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff. 28 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,“What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?” 29 And Balaam said to the donkey,“You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.” 30 The donkey said to Balaam,“Am I not your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?” And he said,“No.” 31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground. 32 The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me. 33 The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”
  • Eccl 7:25 : 25 True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives– then they die.
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Israel will be humbled! Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic Exhortations The prophet is considered a fool– the inspired man is viewed as a madman– because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
  • Luke 16:11 : 11 If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?
  • Acts 26:11 : 11 I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!” 25 But Paul replied,“I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking true and rational words.

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  • Num 22:25-35
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    79%

    25And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again.

    26Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

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

    29And Balaam said to the donkey,“You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”

    30The donkey said to Balaam,“Am I not your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?” And he said,“No.”

    31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.

    32The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

    33The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

    34Balaam said to the angel of the LORD,“I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home.”

    35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam,“Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

  • Num 22:20-23
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    78%

    20God came to Balaam that night, and said to him,“If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but the word that I will say to you, that you must do.”

    21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

    22God Opposes Balaam Then God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.

    23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

  • 2 Pet 2:15
    75%

    15By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

  • Prov 26:3-5
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    74%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

  • 1 Kgs 13:26-28
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    71%

    26When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.”

    27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.

    28He went and found the body lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.

  • 2 Pet 2:17
    70%

    17These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved.

  • Ps 32:9
    70%

    9Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

  • 1 Kgs 13:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23So this is what happened after he had eaten food and drunk water. The old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.

    24So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body.

  • Num 24:15
    69%

    15Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

  • Num 24:3
    69%

    3Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    68%

    13He then told his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

  • Num 23:12
    68%

    12Balaam replied,“Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?”

  • Num 23:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

    17When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him,“What has the LORD spoken?”

  • Job 6:5
    68%

    5Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?

  • Job 11:12
    68%

    12But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

  • Job 39:5
    68%

    5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

  • Num 23:5
    68%

    5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

  • Deut 22:10
    67%

    10You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12But these men, like irrational animals– creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed– do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,

  • Jude 1:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said,“May the Lord rebuke you!”

    10But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.

  • Prov 29:19
    67%

    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • Zech 14:15
    66%

    15This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps.

  • Num 24:12
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    12Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

  • Isa 1:3
    66%

    3An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”

  • Num 31:16
    66%

    16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!

  • Jas 3:3
    66%

    3And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

  • Isa 21:7
    66%

    7When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”

  • Ps 38:14
    66%

    14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

  • Job 1:14
    66%

    14and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

  • Jer 2:24
    66%

    24You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.