Numbers 22:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

2 Chronicles 31:10

The chief priest Azariah, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have plenty to spare, for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this great supply left over.”

Psalm 144:15

Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 146:5

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

Isaiah 61:9

Their descendants shall be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.

Micah 6:5

O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”

Numbers 22:11

‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt and has spread over the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.’ ”

Numbers 22:13

So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

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 23:23

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 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offerings while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.

Numbers 23:8

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

Numbers 24:9

He crouched; he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”

Matthew 27:19

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.”

Romans 11:29

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

Deuteronomy 2:7

Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’

Deuteronomy 23:5

(Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.)

Deuteronomy 28:6

“Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, but you shall tread on their backs.”

Deuteronomy 7:14

You shall be the most blessed of peoples, with neither sterility nor barrenness among you or your livestock.