Verse 38

Balaam said to Balak,“Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

Referenced Verses

• Num 22:18 : 18 Balaam 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.
• Num 23:16 : 16 Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
• Num 23:26 : 26 But Balaam replied 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 palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the LORD tells me I must speak’?
• 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 But Micaiah said,“As certainly as the LORD lives, I will say what the LORD tells me to say.”
• 2 Chr 18:13 : 13 But Micaiah said,“As certainly as the LORD lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”
• Ps 33:10 : 10 The LORD frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.
• Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
• Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.
• Isa 44:25 : 25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
• Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Isa 47:12 : 12 Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful– maybe you will scare away disaster.