Deuteronomy 23:5

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

⁴ This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you. ⁵ Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you. ⁶ Never seek their peace or prosperity as long as you live.

Give Ear

Balaam

Jehovah

Numbers 22:35

Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.

Numbers 23:5-12

Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

Numbers 24:9

He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Numbers 23:16-26

The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed He loves the people.
All Your holy ones are in Your hand,
and they assemble at Your feet.
Each receives Your words.

Psalm 73:1

BOOK III
(Psalms 73–89)A psalm of Asaph. God is indeed good to Israel,
to the pure in heart.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Jeremiah 31:3

the Lord appeared to him from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.

Ezekiel 16:8

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Micah 6:5

My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.

Malachi 1:2

“I have loved you,” says the Lord.

But you ask: “How have You loved us?”

“Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,

Romans 8:31

What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?

Romans 9:13

As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

Romans 11:28

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,