Deuteronomy 23:5
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5 Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God (A)loves you.
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Deuteronomy 7:7-8
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7 The Lord did not set His (A)love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were (B)the least of all peoples; 8 but (C)because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep (D)the oath which He swore to your fathers, (E)the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of [a]bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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- Deuteronomy 7:8 slavery
Romans 8:31
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God’s Everlasting Love
31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Ephesians 2:4-5
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4 But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, 5 (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
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2 Corinthians 4:17
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17 For (A)our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
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Numbers 24:9
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9 ‘He(A) bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’
(B)“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”
Jeremiah 31:3
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3 The Lord has appeared [a]of old to me, saying:
“Yes, (A)I have loved you with (B)an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have (C)drawn you.
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- Jeremiah 31:3 Lit. from afar
Romans 11:28
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28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (A)beloved for the sake of the fathers.
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Micah 6:5
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5 O My people, remember now
What (A)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From [a]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know (B)the righteousness of the Lord.”
Numbers 23:16-26
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16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and (A)put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” 17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 Then he took up his oracle and said:
(B)“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor!
19 “God(C) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (D)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(E)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21 “He(F) has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen [a]wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
(G)And the shout of a King is among them.
22 (H)God brings them out of Egypt;
He has (I)strength like a wild ox.
23 “For there is no [b]sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any [c]divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, (J)what God has done!’
24 Look, a people rises (K)like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
(L)It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, (M)‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”
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- Numbers 23:21 trouble
- Numbers 23:23 enchantment
- Numbers 23:23 fortune-telling
Numbers 23:5-12
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5 Then the Lord (A)put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” 6 So he returned to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he (B)took up his [a]oracle and said:
“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(C)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (D)denounce Israel!’
8 “How(E) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! (F)A people dwelling alone,
(G)Not reckoning itself among the nations.
10 “Who(H) can count the [b]dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die (I)the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? (J)I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”
12 So he answered and said, (K)“Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”
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- Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse
- Numbers 23:10 Or dust cloud
Romans 9:13
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13 As it is written, (A)“Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
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Psalm 73:1
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BOOK THREE
Psalms 73–89
The Tragedy of the Wicked, and the Blessedness of Trust in God
A Psalm of (A)Asaph.
73 Truly God is good to Israel,
To such as are pure in heart.
Deuteronomy 33:3
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3 Yes, (A)He loves the people;
(B)All His saints are in Your hand;
They (C)sit down at Your feet;
Everyone (D)receives Your words.
Numbers 22:35
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35 Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, (A)but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
So (A)a curse without cause shall not alight.
Malachi 1:2
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Israel Beloved of God
2 “I(A) have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says the Lord.
“Yet (B)Jacob I have loved;
Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; (A)so I spread [a]My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I (B)swore an oath to you and entered into a (C)covenant with you, and (D)you became Mine,” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 16:8 Or the corner of My garment
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