Numbers 24:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Like a lion you lie down, resting after an attack. Who would dare disturb you? “Anyone who blesses you will be blessed; anyone who curses you will be cursed.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless anyone who blesses you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

Genesis 27:29

Nations will be your servants and bow down to you. You will rule over your brothers, and they will kneel at your feet. Anyone who curses you will be cursed; anyone who blesses you will be blessed.”

Genesis 49:9

My son, you are a lion ready to eat your victim! You are terribly fierce; no one will bother you.

2 Chronicles 9:18

It had a gold footstool attached to it and arm rests on each side. There was a statue of a lion on each side of the throne,

Esther 6:13

Haman told his wife and friends what had happened. Then his wife and his advisers said, “If Mordecai is a Jew, this is just the beginning of your troubles! You will end up a ruined man.”

Job 41:10

And if it is too fierce for anyone to attack, who would dare oppose me?

Psalm 122:6

Jerusalem, we pray that you will have peace, and that all will go well for those who love you.

Psalm 2:12

Show respect to his son because if you don't, the LORD might become furious and suddenly destroy you. But he blesses and protects everyone who runs to him.

Exodus 23:22

If you faithfully obey him, I will be a fierce enemy of your enemies.

Isaiah 31:4

The LORD All-Powerful said to me, “I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

Micah 5:8

At present they are scattered, but later they will attack, as though they were fierce lions pouncing on sheep. Their enemies will be torn to shreds, with no one to save them;

Numbers 22:12

But God replied, “Don't go with Balak's messengers. I have blessed those people who have come from Egypt, so don't curse them.”

Numbers 22:6

They are too powerful for us to defeat, so would you come and place a curse on them? Perhaps then we can drive them out. I know that anyone you bless will be successful, but anyone you curse will fail.

Numbers 23:24

They are like angry lions ready to attack; and they won't rest until their victim is gobbled up.”

Numbers 24:10

When Balak heard this, he was so furious that he pounded his fist against his hand and said, “I called you here to place a curse on my enemies, and you've blessed them three times.

Matthew 25:40

The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”

Matthew 25:45

The king will say to them, “Whenever you failed to help any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you failed to do it for me.”

Acts 9:5

“Who are you?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus,” the Lord answered. “I am the one you are so cruel to.

Deuteronomy 30:7

Then the LORD your God will remove the curses from you and put them on those enemies who hate and attack you.