Cross References

Numbers 22:37

Good News Translation

Balak said to him, “Why didn't you come when I sent for you the first time? Did you think I wasn't able to reward you enough?”

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Judgment does not come from the east or from the west, from the north or from the south;

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at Ar, a city on the Arnon River at the border of Moab.

Balaam answered, “I came, didn't I? But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.”

Now get on home! I promised to reward you, but the Lord has kept you from getting the reward.”

“I will give you all this power and all this wealth,” the Devil told him. “It has all been handed over to me, and I can give it to anyone I choose.

You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?