Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

Bible References

God

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 22:9
God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”

I have prepared

Numbers 23:1
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here.”
Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Matthew 20:12
saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’
Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues and make you outcasts. And a time is coming when whoever kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
Romans 3:27
Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Ephesians 2:9
not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].