Numbers 23:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

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

Isaiah 44:25

That make void the tokens of diviners and make the soothsayers mad: that turn the wise backward, and that: make their knowledge foolish:

Numbers 23:20

I was brought to bless: the blessing I am not able to hinder.

Numbers 22:12

And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed.

Numbers 22:6

Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I, if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land. For I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed.

Numbers 23:7

And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: Make haste and detest Israel.

Proverbs 26:2

As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.