Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of LORD my God, to do less or more.
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Numbers 22:8And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as LORD shall speak to me. And the rulers of Moab abode with Balaam.
Numbers 23:26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that LORD speaks, that I must do?
Joshua 24:10but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said, As LORD lives, what LORD says to me, that I will speak.
Job 3:15or with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Acts 8:20But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:16-22
Balak's Second Message to Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver… Read the whole commentary →