Nehemiah 13:2
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Numbers 22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Numbers 23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah 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 the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto 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 →