Numbers 23:8

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 26:2

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

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back 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 too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

Numbers 23:20

Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

Numbers 23:23

For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, 'What has God wrought!'

Numbers 23:7

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!'