Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Bible References
Job
Numbers 23:7
Balaam took up his [first] discourse (oracle) and said:
“Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram (Syria),
from the mountains of the east, [saying,]
‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;
And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’
from the mountains of the east, [saying,]
‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;
And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’
Numbers 24:3
He took up his [third] discourse (oracle) and said:
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened [at last, to see clearly the purpose and will of God],
And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened [at last, to see clearly the purpose and will of God],
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
Proverbs 26:7
Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].
Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].
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Numbers 24:15
He took up his [fourth] discourse (oracle) and said:
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
The oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
The oracle of the man whose eye is opened,