Nehemiah 13:2
because they did not meet the children 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 22:3Moab was very 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 has not cursed?How shall I defy whom the Lord has not defied?
Numbers 24:5How goodly are your tents, Jacob,and your tents, Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless the Lord your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the Lord your God loved you.
Psalms 109:28They may curse, but you bless.When they arise, they will be shamed,but your servant shall rejoice.
Matthew 25:40"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you 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 →