Verse 17

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

Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:11 : 11 So 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.”
  • Deut 16:9 : 9 The Festival of Weeks You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.
  • Esth 7:9 : 9 Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said,“Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet high.”The king said,“Hang him on it!”
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. 9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”
  • Matt 14:7 : 7 so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
  • Num 22:6 : 6 So 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 22:37 : 37 Balak said to Balaam,“Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
  • Num 23:2-3 : 2 So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram. 3 Balaam 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 23:29-30 : 29 Then Balaam said to Balak,“Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.” 30 So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.