Numbers 23:7

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take you a wife from there of the daughers of Laban your mother's brother.

Genesis 28:7

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

2 Samuel 23:9

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

Job 27:1

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 29:1

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Psalm 49:5

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

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Proverbs 26:2

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Ezekiel 17:2

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people: how has he removed it from me! turning away he has divided our fields.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long? and to him that lades himself with thick clay!

Numbers 22:11

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

Numbers 22:17

For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse me this people.

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him, and, see, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:

Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

Numbers 24:23

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

Numbers 24:3

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:

Matthew 13:33

Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Deuteronomy 23:4

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

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.

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant slew 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 17:45

Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.