But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed." Cross References Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. Genesis 22:17 I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. Numbers 22:6 So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed." Numbers 22:11 Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.'" Numbers 22:13 So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak's princes, "Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you." Numbers 23:8 How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? Numbers 23:20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it. Numbers 24:9 He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you." Treasury of Scripture And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed. Balaam, Thou shalt Numbers 22:20 Job 33:15-17 Matthew 27:19 thou shalt not curse Numbers 22:19 Numbers 23:3,13-15,19,23 Micah 6:5 for they Numbers 23:20 Genesis 12:2 Genesis 22:16-18 |