Numbers 23:8

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

Cross References

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Numbers 22:12

God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 22:6

Come now, curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land; for I know that whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed.”

Numbers 23:20

See, I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

Numbers 23:23

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘See what God has done!’

Numbers 23:7

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