Numbers 22:18

New English Translation

Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:8

But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place.

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”

2 Chronicles 18:13

But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”

Job 3:15

or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

Daniel 5:17

But Daniel replied to the king, “Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its interpretation.

Numbers 22:19

Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me.”

Numbers 22:38

Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 22:8

He replied to them, “Stay here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the Lord may speak to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Numbers 23:26

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

Numbers 24:12

Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

Numbers 24:13

‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak’?

Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Joshua 24:10

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.