Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at Ir-moab, on the boundary formed by the Arnon, at the farthest point of the boundary.
Balaam said to Balak, “I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.”
Now be off with you! Go home! I said, ‘I will reward you richly,’ but the Lord has denied you any reward.”
And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.
How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?