Numbers 22:38
He answered him: “Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?”
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Numbers 22:18Balaam responded: “Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.
Numbers 23:26And he said, “Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?”
1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak.”
2 Chronicles 18:13And Micaiah responded to him, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God will say to me, the same shall I speak.”
Psalms 76:10And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?
Isaiah 44:25I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:37-41
Meeting between Balak and Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I… Read the whole commentary →