Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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Cross References
Numbers 22:20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto you, that shall you do.
Numbers 23:3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: possibly the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place.
Numbers 23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?
Proverbs 26:25When he speaks fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Titus 1:16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13
Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →