And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send an urgent summons to you? Why did you not come to me? Did you think I could not reward you?”
Now flee to your home. I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has withheld the reward from you!”
How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?
The devil said to him, “I shall give to you all this power and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish.
Do not raise your horns against heaven! Do not speak with a stiff neck!”
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at Ar-Moab on the border formed by the Arnon, at its most distant point.
Balaam answered Balak, “Well, I have come to you after all. But what power have I to say anything? I can speak only what God puts in my mouth.”