Nehemiah 13:2
because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.
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Numbers 22:3and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it [is] numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,
Numbers 23:8What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!
Numbers 24:5How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
Deuteronomy 23:5and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;
Psalms 109:28They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.
Matthew 25:40'And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].
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 →