Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

If the men

1 Samuel 8:5
and said to him, “Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us [and rule over us] like all the other nations.”
1 Samuel 12:12
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites had come against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us’—although the Lord your God was your King.
Psalm 81:12

“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.
Ezekiel 14:2
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],

But yet

Numbers 22:35
The Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.
Numbers 23:12
Balaam answered, “Must I not be obedient and careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”
Numbers 24:13
‘Even if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own accord. What the Lord speaks, that I will speak?’
Psalm 33:10

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
Psalm 78:30

Before they had satisfied their desire,
And while their food was in their mouths,
Isaiah 37:29

“Because your raging against Me
And your arrogance has come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your mouth,
And I will turn you back by the way you came.
Hosea 13:11

I gave you a king in My anger,
And I took him away in My wrath [as punishment].

General references

Numbers 22:8
Balaam said to them, “Spend the night here and I will bring word back to you as the Lord may speak to me.” So the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam [that night].
Joshua 24:10
But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak’s hand.