Numbers 23:8

New International Version

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

There is no divination against Jacob, no evil omens against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’

Isaiah 44:25

who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense,

Numbers 23:20

I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Numbers 22:12

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”

Numbers 22:6

Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

Numbers 23:7

Then Balaam spoke his message: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.