Numbers 23:7

Modern English Version

Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel!’

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Paddan Aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take for yourself a wife from there, from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, struck him down.

2 Samuel 23:9

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of Ahohi. He was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered together there to fight when the men of Israel withdrew.

Job 27:1

Moreover Job continued his discourse:

Job 29:1

Moreover Job continued his discourse:

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak mysteries of old,

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse without cause shall not alight.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”

Micah 2:4

In that day they will take up a taunt against you, and they will wail a wailing lament, and say: “We are totally ruined! He diminishes the portion of my people; how He removes it from me! To a traitor He reassigns our fields!”

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, with satire and riddles, and say, “Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with heavy debts!”

Numbers 22:11

‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt who covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I will be able to battle them and drive them out.’ ”

Numbers 22:17

because I will promote you to very great honor, and anything you say to me I will do. Come please, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable and said: “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

He took up his parable and said: “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, and the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

Numbers 24:21

He looked on the Kenites and took up his proverb and said: “Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock;

Numbers 24:23

He took up his proverb and said: “Alas, who will live when God does this?

Numbers 24:3

He took up his proverb and said: “Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said,

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast which a woman took and mixed in sixty pounds of meal until it had leavened the whole batch.”

Matthew 13:35

to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will say things which have been kept secret since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:12

Then they tried to seize Him, but feared the people, for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went their way.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they refused you bread and water on the way, when you came from out of Egypt and because they hired Balaam, the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, against you to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

The Philistine said, “I defy the battle lines of Israel this day. Give me a man, and let us fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant slew both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, because he has reviled the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:45

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a shield, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have reviled.