Numbers 23:7

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

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

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei David's brother slew him.

2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

Job 27:1

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Job 29:1

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Psalm 49:5

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

Psalm 78:2

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

Proverbs 26:2

As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless lighteth not.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Micah 2:4

In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

Numbers 22:11

Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.

Numbers 22:17

for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:6

And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith:

Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

Numbers 24:23

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

Numbers 24:3

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith:

Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Matthew 13:35

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

1 Samuel 17:10

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

1 Samuel 17:36

Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

1 Samuel 17:45

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied.