Nehemiah 13:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them; and our God turned the curse into blessing.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:5

And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam: and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

Matthew 25:40

And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.

Micah 6:5

O my people, remember, I pray thee, what Balach the king of Moab purposed: and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Setim to Galgal, that thou mightest know the justices of the Lord.

Numbers 23:18

But he taking up his parable said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor.

2 Peter 2:15

Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

Deuteronomy 23:3

The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

Deuteronomy 23:4

Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee.