Numbers 24:9

World English Bible (2000)

He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."

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  • Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
  • Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
  • Gen 12:3 : 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you."
  • Gen 27:29 : 29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
  • Job 38:39-40 : 39 "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the thicket?
  • Job 41:10 : 10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
  • Ps 122:6 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
  • Matt 25:45 : 45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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  • Num 23:24-25
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    79%

    24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."

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

  • Num 24:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10Balak'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.

    11Therefore now flee you to your place! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor."

  • Num 23:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

    8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

    9For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

  • Num 22:4-7
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    75%

    4Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

    5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.

    6Please come now therefore curse me this people; 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."

    7The 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.

  • Gen 49:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8"Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

    9Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

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

    12He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?"

    13Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there."

  • Num 22:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

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

    11'Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.'"

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

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

    10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

  • Gen 27:29
    73%

    29Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."

  • Num 22:17
    73%

    17for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'"

  • Num 24:8
    73%

    8God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.

  • Deut 33:20
    72%

    20Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

  • Deut 33:11
    72%

    11Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."

  • Num 23:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?"

    18He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

  • Num 24:15
    71%

    15He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

  • Num 24:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

    2Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.

    3He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you."

  • Deut 23:5
    71%

    5Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

  • Gen 49:24
    70%

    24But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

  • Ps 17:12
    69%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Num 23:27
    69%

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

  • Nah 2:12
    69%

    12The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill, and his dens with prey.

  • Jer 49:19
    69%

    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?

  • Ps 37:22
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    22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

  • Mic 5:8
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    8The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

  • Deut 33:22
    69%

    22Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan."

  • Isa 5:29
    68%

    29Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

  • Deut 33:7
    68%

    7This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, "Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries."

  • Deut 27:21
    68%

    21'Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Gen 49:27
    68%

    27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."