Numbers 22:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Num 22:22 : 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.
  • Num 22:28 : 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?”
  • Num 22:35 : 35 But 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.
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
  • Deut 25:4 : 4 You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you, LORD, preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
  • Ps 145:9 : 9 The LORD is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
  • Prov 14:2 : 2 The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
  • Prov 28:18 : 18 The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
  • Jonah 4:11 : 11 Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the LORD has treated you fairly.”
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 and said,“You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness– will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children! 15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
  • Exod 3:2-6 : 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed! 3 So Moses thought,“I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?” 4 When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.” 5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Num 22:20 : 20 God 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.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 22:17-31
    15 verses
    89%

    17For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”

    18Balaam replied to the servants of Balak,“Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the LORD my God to do less or more.

    19Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the LORD might say to me.”

    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.

    24Then the angel of the LORD stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side.

    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.

  • Num 22:33-35
    3 verses
    87%

    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.

  • 2 Pet 2:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    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,

    16yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).

  • Num 24:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam,“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!

    11So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the LORD has stood in the way of your honor.”

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

  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15And Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.”

    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?”

  • Num 23:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Balaam Relocates Then Balak said to Balaam,“What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”

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

  • Num 22:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

    13So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak,“Go to your land, for the LORD has refused to permit me to go with you.”

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    71%

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

  • Num 23:5
    71%

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

  • Num 23:7
    70%

    7Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying,“Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’

  • Deut 23:4
    70%

    4for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.

  • Num 23:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26But Balaam replied to Balak,“Did I not tell you,‘All that the LORD speaks, I must do’?”

    27Balak said to Balaam,“Come, please; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”

  • Num 24:3
    70%

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

  • Exod 23:5
    70%

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.

  • Num 24:1
    70%

    1Balaam Prophesies Yet Again When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Num 23:3
    70%

    3Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went to a deserted height.

  • Num 22:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying,“Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me.

    6So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

  • Num 22:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

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

    10Balaam said to God,“Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,

  • Gen 22:3
    69%

    3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    69%

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

  • 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 31:16
    69%

    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!

  • 1 Kgs 13:24
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 19:27
    69%

    27But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.