Numbers 22:32

The Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your behavior was obstinate and contrary to Me.

Numbers 22:22

But God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Exodus 3:2-6

The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed.

Numbers 22:20

God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”

Numbers 22:28

And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”

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.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with bread (food) and water on the road as you came out of Egypt, and because they hired [to act] against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

Deuteronomy 25:4

“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain].

Psalm 36:6


Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

Psalm 145:9


The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

Psalm 147:9


He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.

Proverbs 14:2


He who walks in uprightness [reverently] fears the Lord [and obeys and worships Him with profound respect],
But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.

Proverbs 28:6


Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.

Proverbs 28:18


He who walks blamelessly and uprightly will be kept safe,
But he who is crooked (perverse) will suddenly fall.

Jonah 4:11

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”

Micah 6:5


“My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab devised [with his evil plan against Israel]
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him [turning the curse into blessing for Israel],
[Remember what the Lord did for you] from Shittim to Gilgal,
So that you may know the righteous and saving acts [displaying the power] of the Lord.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

2 Peter 2:14-15

They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

Withstand thee

Bible References

Wherefore

Numbers 22:28
And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”
Deuteronomy 25:4
“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain].
Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
Psalm 147:9

He gives to the beast its food,
And to the young ravens that for which they cry.
Jonah 4:11
Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”

Withstand thee

Numbers 22:22
But God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Thy way

Deuteronomy 23:4
because they did not meet you with bread (food) and water on the road as you came out of Egypt, and because they hired [to act] against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.
Micah 6:5

“My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab devised [with his evil plan against Israel]
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him [turning the curse into blessing for Israel],
[Remember what the Lord did for you] from Shittim to Gilgal,
So that you may know the righteous and saving acts [displaying the power] of the Lord.”
Acts 13:10
and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.

Before me

Numbers 22:20
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”
Exodus 3:2
The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was on fire, yet it was not consumed.
Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in uprightness [reverently] fears the Lord [and obeys and worships Him with profound respect],
But he who is devious in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 28:18

He who walks blamelessly and uprightly will be kept safe,
But he who is crooked (perverse) will suddenly fall.