Numbers 22:38

Modern English Version

And Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I any power of my own to speak anything? The word God puts in my mouth is what I will speak.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:14

Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will speak whatever the Lord says to me.”

1 Kings 22:16

The king said to him, “How many times must I admonish you to tell me only the truth in the name of the Lord?”

2 Chronicles 18:13

And Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that will I speak.”

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the people of no effect.

Psalm 76:10

Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will gird Yourself.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but it is the counsel of the Lord that will stand.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of the boasters and makes fools out of diviners, who turns wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My good pleasure,”

Isaiah 47:12

Stand fast now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you shall be able to profit, perhaps you may cause trembling.

Numbers 22:18

Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

Numbers 22:37

Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not earnestly send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Indeed am I not able to honor you?”

Numbers 22:39

Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

Numbers 22:8

He said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord will speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab dwelt with Balaam.

Numbers 23:16

The Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go again to Balak, and thus you will speak.”

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that the Lord speaks, I must do’?”

Numbers 24:13

‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own mind. But what the Lord speaks, I will speak’?