Numbers 23:8

Christian Standard Bible

How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the  Lord has not denounced?

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel, “What great things God has done! ”

Isaiah 44:25

who destroys the omens of the false prophets and makes fools of diviners; who confounds the wise and makes their knowledge foolishness;

Numbers 23:20

I have indeed received a command to bless; since he has blessed,  I cannot change it.

Numbers 22:12

Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 22:6

Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

Numbers 23:7

Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains: “Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel! ”

Proverbs 26:2

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.