Numbers 24:9

Good News Translation

The nation is like a mighty lion; When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it. Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless all the nations.”

Genesis 27:29

May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed.”

Genesis 49:9

Judah is like a lion, Killing his victim and returning to his den, Stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

2 Chronicles 9:18

Six steps led up to the throne, and there was a footstool attached to it, covered with gold. There were arms on each side of the throne, and the figure of a lion stood at each side.

Esther 6:13

He told his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then she and those wise friends of his told him, “You are beginning to lose power to Mordecai. He is a Jew, and you cannot overcome him. He will certainly defeat you.”

Job 41:10

When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Psalm 2:12

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

Exodus 23:22

But if you obey him and do everything I command, I will fight against all your enemies.

Isaiah 31:4

The Lord said to me, “No matter how shepherds yell and shout, they can't scare away a lion from an animal that it has killed; in the same way, there is nothing that can keep me, the Lord Almighty, from protecting Mount Zion.

Micah 5:8

Those who are left among the nations will be like a lion hunting for food in a forest or a pasture: it gets in among the sheep, pounces on them, and tears them to pieces—and there is no hope of rescue.

Numbers 22:12

God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not put a curse on the people of Israel, because they have my blessing.”

Numbers 22:6

They outnumber us, so please come and put a curse on them for me. Then perhaps we will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. I know that when you pronounce a blessing, people are blessed, and when you pronounce a curse, they are placed under a curse.”

Numbers 23:24

The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed.”

Numbers 24:10

Balak clenched his fists in anger and said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but three times now you have blessed them instead.

Matthew 25:40

The King will reply, ‘I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!’

Matthew 25:45

The King will reply, ‘I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.’

Acts 9:5

“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you persecute,” the voice said.

Deuteronomy 30:7

He will turn all these curses against your enemies, who hated you and oppressed you,