Numbers 22:6

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Come now therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 27:29

Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.

1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I hold back? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice.

Proverbs 26:2

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD says: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

Micah 6:5

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.

Numbers 22:12

And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Numbers 22:17

For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people.

Numbers 23:13

And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from which you may see them: you shall see but the farthest part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse them for me from there.

Numbers 23:27

And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.

Numbers 24:9

He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesses you, and cursed is he that curses you.

Acts 16:16

And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling:

Deuteronomy 23:4

Because they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

Joshua 24:9

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.