2 Peter 2:15
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15 Forsaking the right way, (A)they have gone astray. They have followed (B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (C)gain from wrongdoing,
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Jude 11
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11 Woe to them! For they walked in (A)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (B)to Balaam's error and (C)perished in Korah's rebellion.
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Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (B)eat food sacrificed to idols and (C)practice sexual immorality.
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Numbers 22:5-7
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5 (A)sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor (B)at Pethor, which is near the River[a] in the land of the people of Amaw,[b] to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me. 6 (C)Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
7 So the elders of Moab and (D)the elders of Midian departed with (E)the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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- Numbers 22:5 That is, the Euphrates
- Numbers 22:5 Or the people of his kindred
Deuteronomy 23:4-5
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4 (A)because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they (B)hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of (C)Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned (D)the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
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2 Peter 2:13
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13 suffering wrong as (A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[a] while (C)they feast with you.
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- 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts
Acts 13:10
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10 and said, “You (A)son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and (B)villainy, will you not stop (C)making crooked (D)the straight paths of the Lord?
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Micah 6:5
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5 O my people, remember (A)what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from (B)Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know (C)the righteous acts of the Lord.”
Proverbs 28:4
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4 Those who forsake the law (A)praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law (B)strive against them.
Numbers 31:16
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16 Behold, (A)these, (B)on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of (C)Peor, and so (D)the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.
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Acts 1:18
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18 (Now this man (A)acquired a field with (B)the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong[a] he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
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- Acts 1:18 Or swelling up
Hosea 14:8
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8 O (A)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[a]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(B)from me comes your fruit.
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- Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him
Ezekiel 9:10
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10 As for me, (A)my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; (B)I will bring their deeds upon their heads.”
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