Numbers 23:12

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Balaam answered, “Must I not be obedient and careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

Cross References

Exodus 4:15

You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth; I, even I, will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaks graciously and kindly [to conceal his malice], do not trust him, For seven abominations are in his heart.

Numbers 22:20

God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”

Numbers 22:38

So Balaam said to Balak, “Indeed I have come to you now, but am I able to say anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.”

Numbers 23:13

Balak said to him, “Come with me, I implore you, to another place from where you can see them, although you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

Numbers 23:20

“Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel]. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not say to you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do?’ ”

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate hill.

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?’

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.