Balak asked, “Why didn't you come when I invited you the first time? Did you think I wasn't going to pay you?”
Our LORD and our God, victory doesn't come from the east or the west or from the desert.
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at the town of Ir, which is on the northern border of Moab.
“I'm here now,” Balaam answered. “But I will say only what God tells me to say.”
Leave now and go home! I told you I would pay you well, but since the LORD didn't let you do what I asked, you won't be paid.”
The devil said, “I will give all this power and glory to you. It has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!