Numbers 22:20

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Numbers 22:20

God came to visit Balaam that same night and told him, "If the men come to call on you, get up and go with them, but be sure to do only what I tell you to do."

Numbers 23:12

But in response, Balaam asked, "Shouldn't I be careful to communicate only what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

Numbers 23:26

"Didn't I tell you," Balaam responded to Balak, "that I'll say whatever the LORD tells me to say?"

"Even if Balak gives me his palace full of silver and gold, I won't double-cross the command of the LORD and do anything whether good or evil on my own initiative, because I'm going to say whatever the LORD says.'

Numbers 22:35

But the angel of the LORD told Balaam, "Go with the men, but deliver only the message that I'm going to give you." So Balaam went with Balak's officials.

Numbers 23:5

Then the LORD gave Balaam this message. "Return to Balak and speak to him."

Numbers 23:16

Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him."

1 Samuel 8:5-9

They told him, "Look, you're old, and your sons don't follow your example. So appoint a king to govern us like all the other nations."

1 Samuel 12:12-19

But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was coming to fight you, you told me, "No, let a king rule over us instead,' even though the LORD your God was your king.

Psalm 33:10-11

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

Psalm 78:30-31

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

Psalm 81:12

So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice.

Isaiah 37:29

Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.

Ezekiel 14:2-5

this message came to me from the LORD.

Hosea 13:11

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury."

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders,

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Summary

Numbers 22:20

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

If the men

2 Thessalonians 2:9

But yet

Hosea 13:11

General references

Numbers 22:8

Joshua 24:10

Bible References

If the men

They told him, "Look, you're old, and your sons don't follow your example. So appoint a king to govern us like all the other nations."

But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was coming to fight you, you told me, "No, let a king rule over us instead,' even though the LORD your God was your king.

So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice.

this message came to me from the LORD.

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders,

But yet

But the angel of the LORD told Balaam, "Go with the men, but deliver only the message that I'm going to give you." So Balaam went with Balak's officials.

But in response, Balaam asked, "Shouldn't I be careful to communicate only what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

However, before they had fulfilled their desire, while their food was still in their mouths,

Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury."

General references

In answer, Balaam told them, "Stay here for the night and I'll bring back a message to you, depending on what the LORD says to me." So the officers of Moab stayed with Balaam overnight.

But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his control.