Deuteronomy 23:5

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

⁴ for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you. ⁵ But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you. ⁶ You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.

Give Ear

Balaam

Jehovah

Numbers 22:35

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 23:5-12

Then the Lord put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

Numbers 24:9

They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!'"

Deuteronomy 7:7-8

It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you -- for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Numbers 23:16-26

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

Deuteronomy 33:3

Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.

Psalm 73:1

A psalm by Asaph. Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure!

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Jeremiah 31:3

In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you.

Ezekiel 16:8

"'Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

Micah 6:5

My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

Malachi 1:2

"I have shown love to you," says the Lord, but you say, "How have you shown love to us?" "Esau was Jacob's brother," the Lord explains, "yet I chose Jacob

Romans 8:31

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

Romans 9:13

just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

Romans 11:28

In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Ephesians 2:4-5

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,