Numbers 22:11

Free Bible Version

‘Listen, a group of people has arrived here who came from Egypt. There are hordes of them. Please come immediately and curse these people for me. Maybe then I'll be able to fight them and drive them out of my country.’”

Cross References

Genesis 27:29

May the people of different nations serve you and bow down to you. May you rule over your relatives, and may they bow down to you. May everyone who curses you be cursed, and may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”

Numbers 22:10

Balaam told God, “Balak, son of Zippor, the king of Moab, sent me this message:

Numbers 22:12

But God told Balaam, “You are not to go back with them. You must not curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 23:11

Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! All you have done is bless them!”

Numbers 23:7

This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the mountains of the east. He said, ‘Come and curse Jacob for me! Come and condemn Israel!’

Numbers 24:10

Balak got angry with Balaam, and beat his fists together. He told Balaam, “I brought you here to curse my enemies, and now look! You keep on blessing them, doing it three times.

Joshua 24:10

But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam, so instead he blessed you repeatedly, and saved you from Balak.

1 Samuel 17:43

“Do you think I'm a dog, coming to fight me with a stick?” the Philistine asked David, and he cursed David by his gods.