Numbers 23:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn?

Cross References

Proverbs 26:2

Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

Isaiah 44:25

I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.

Numbers 22:12

And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed."

Numbers 22:6

Therefore, come and curse this people, for they are stronger than I am. If only, in some way, I might be able to strike them and to drive them from my land. For I know that he whom you bless shall be blessed, and he whom you curse shall be cursed."

Numbers 23:20

I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.

Numbers 23:23

There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.

Numbers 23:7

And taking up his parable, he said: "Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. 'Come forth,' he said, 'and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.'