Numbers 23:7

A Conservative Version

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Numbers 24:3

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says,

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor.

Micah 2:4

In that day they shall take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation. [And] say, We are utterly ruined. He changes the portion of my people. How he removes [it] from me! He divides our fields to the rebelliou

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables (LXX/NT). I will utter dark sayings of old,

Job 29:1

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Numbers 24:23

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye was closed says,

Mark 12:12

And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.

Proverbs 26:2

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.

Job 27:1

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

1 Samuel 17:45

Then David said to the Philistine, Thou come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to thee in the name of LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou have defied.

1 Samuel 17:36

Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

1 Samuel 17:10

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, that we may fight together.

Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest is set in the rock.

Numbers 22:17

For I will promote thee to very great honor, and whatever thou say to me I will do. Come therefore, I pray thee, curse this people for me.

Numbers 22:11

Behold, the people came out of Egypt, it covers the face of the earth. Now, come curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from there of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the rulers of Moab.

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels encompasses me about?