Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

General references

Bible References

Have i

Numbers 22:18
Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the Lord my God.
Psalm 33:10

The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He makes the thoughts and plans of the people ineffective.
Psalm 76:10

For the wrath of man shall praise You;
With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.
Proverbs 19:21

Many plans are in a man’s mind,
But it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).
Isaiah 44:25

Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),
Making fools out of fortune-tellers,
Counteracting the wise
And making their knowledge ridiculous,
Isaiah 46:10

Declaring the end and the result from the beginning,
And from ancient times the things which have not [yet] been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will do all that pleases Me and fulfills My purpose,’
Isaiah 47:12

“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments
And your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],
Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.

The word

Numbers 23:16
Then the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and you shall speak thus.”
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?’
1 Kings 22:14
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will speak what the Lord says to me.”
2 Chronicles 18:13
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will [only] speak what my God says.”

General references

Numbers 23:12
Balaam answered, “Must I not be obedient and careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”
Numbers 24:12
Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me,