Numbers 23:7

The Scriptures 2009

And he took up his proverb and said, “Balaq the sovereign of Mo’aḇ has brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come, curse Ya‛aqoḇ for me, and come, rage at Yisra’ĕl!’

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shĕm: Ěylam, and Asshur, and Arpaḵshaḏ, and Luḏ, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

“Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethu’ĕl your mother’s father. And take a wife for yourself from there, from the daughters of Laḇan your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7

and that Ya‛aqoḇ had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.

2 Samuel 21:21

And he reproached Yisra’ĕl, and Yehonathan son of Shim‛i, the brother of Dawiḏ, struck him.

2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was El‛azar son of Doḏo, the Aḥoḥite, one of the three mighty men with Dawiḏ when they taunted the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Yisra’ĕl had gone up.

Job 27:1

And Iyoḇ again took up his discourse, and said,

Job 29:1

And Iyoḇ again took up his discourse, and said,

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the crookedness of my supplanters surrounds me?

Psalm 78:2

I open my mouth in a parable; I utter riddles of old,

Proverbs 26:2

As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Yisra’ĕl.

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not speaking parables?’ ”

Micah 2:4

“In that day one shall lift up a proverb against you, and he shall lament with a bitter lamentation, and shall say, ‘We have been utterly ravaged! He changes the inheritance of my people. How He removes it from me! He apportions our fields to the backslider.’ ”

Habakkuk 2:6

“Shall not all these lift up a proverb against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his! Till when is he to load on himself many pledges’?

Numbers 22:11

See, a people has come out of Mitsrayim and cover the surface of the land. Come now, curse them for me. It might be that I am able to fight against them and drive them out.’ ”

Numbers 22:17

for I esteem you very greatly, and whatever you say to me, I do. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his proverb and said, “Rise up, Balaq, and hear! Listen to me, son of Tsippor!

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him and saw him standing by his ascending offering, he and all the heads of Mo’aḇ.

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his proverb and said, “The saying of Bil‛am, son of Be‛or, and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened,

Numbers 24:21

He then looked on the Qĕynites, and he took up his proverb and said, “Firm is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock,

Numbers 24:23

And he took up his proverb and said, “Oh, who does live when Ěl does this?

Numbers 24:3

And he took up his proverb and said, “The saying of Bil‛am, son of Be‛or, and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened,

Matthew 13:33

Another parable He spoke to them, “The reign of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until all was leavened.”

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to seize Him, but feared the crowd, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bil‛am son of Be‛or from Pethor of Aram Naharayim, to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

Then the Philistine said, “This day I shall reproach the armies of Yisra’ĕl. Give me a man, and let us fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:36

“Your servant has stricken both lion and bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the armies of the living Elohim.”

1 Samuel 17:45

But Dawiḏ 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 יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Yisra’ĕl, whom you have reproached.