Deuteronomy 23:5

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

⁴ because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. ⁵ But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee. ⁶ Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

Give Ear

Balaam

Jehovah

Numbers 22:35

And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 23:5-12

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Numbers 24:9

He stooped, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness: who will stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;

Numbers 23:16-26

And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loveth the peoples, All his saints are in thy hand, And they sit down at thy feet; Each receiveth of thy words.

Psalm 73:1

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.

Proverbs 26:2

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

Jeremiah 31:3

Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.

Ezekiel 16:8

And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

Micah 6:5

My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob,

Romans 8:31

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us?

Romans 9:13

according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

Romans 11:28

As regards the glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

Ephesians 2:4-5

but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,