Numbers 22:37

Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not urgently send word to you to call you? Why did you not come to me [immediately]? Am I really unable to honor (pay) you?”

Numbers 24:11

Therefore now flee to your place! I had intended to honor you greatly, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor.”

Numbers 22:16-17

They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘I beg you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me.

Psalm 75:6


For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation.

Matthew 4:8-9

Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory [splendor, magnificence, and excellence] of them;

Luke 4:6

And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this realm and its glory [its power, its renown]; because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

John 5:44

How can you believe [in Me], when you [seek and] receive glory and approval from one another, and yet you do not seek the glory and approval which comes from the one and only God?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

Bible References

Am i not able

Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘I beg you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me.
Numbers 24:11
Therefore now flee to your place! I had intended to honor you greatly, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor.”
Psalm 75:6

For not from the east, nor from the west,
Nor from the desert comes exaltation.
Matthew 4:8
Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory [splendor, magnificence, and excellence] of them;
Luke 4:6
And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this realm and its glory [its power, its renown]; because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
John 5:44
How can you believe [in Me], when you [seek and] receive glory and approval from one another, and yet you do not seek the glory and approval which comes from the one and only God?