Numbers 23:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shime-i, David's brother, slew him.

2 Samuel 23:9

And next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel withdrew.

Job 27:1

And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

Job 29:1

And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Micah 2:4

In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you, and wail with bitter lamentation, and say, “We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors he divides our fields.”

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up their taunt against him, in scoffing derision of him, and say, “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own— for how long?— and loads himself with pledges!”

Numbers 22:11

‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers 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 22:17

for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do; come, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:18

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him, and lo, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his discourse, and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse, and said, “Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock;

Numbers 24:23

And he took up his discourse, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Numbers 24:3

and he took up his discourse, and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:12

And they tried to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them; so they left him and went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

And the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:45

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.