Numbers 22:12

But God said to Balaam, "You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed."

Genesis 12:2

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

Genesis 22:16-18

and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Numbers 22:19-20

Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me."

Numbers 23:3

Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

Numbers 23:13-15

Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there."

Numbers 23:19-20

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

Numbers 23:23

For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'Look at what God has done!'

Deuteronomy 23:5

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

Deuteronomy 33:29

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

Job 33:15-17

In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

Psalm 144:15

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

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."

Matthew 27:19

As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

Romans 4:6-7

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Thou shalt not curse

General references

Bible References

Balaam, thou shalt

Numbers 22:20
God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do."
Job 33:15
In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
Matthew 27:19
As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today."

Thou shalt not curse

Numbers 22:19
Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me."
Numbers 23:3
Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.
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."

For they

Numbers 23:20
Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Genesis 12:2
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
Genesis 22:16
and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.
Deuteronomy 33:29
You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.
Psalm 144:15
How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
Psalm 146:5
How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Romans 4:6
So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

General references

Joshua 24:10
I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

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