Nehemiah 13:2
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them. However our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Numbers 22:3And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people, because they were many. And Moab was distressed because of the sons of Israel.
Numbers 23:8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied?
Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless LORD thy God would not hearken to Balaam, but LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing to thee, because LORD thy God loved thee.
Psalms 109:28Let them curse, but bless thou. When they arise, they shall be put to shame, but thy servant shall rejoice.
Matthew 25:40And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:2-10
The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all… Read the whole commentary →