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Numbers 22:6
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Numbers 22:6
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6 Come now, curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed.”(A)
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Numbers 22:6
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Numbers 22:6
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Numbers 24:9
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Numbers 24:9
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9 He crouched; he lay down like a lion
and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
and cursed is everyone who curses you.”(A)
Numbers 24:9
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Numbers 24:9
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9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?
Numbers 23:7-8
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Numbers 23:7-8
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7 Then Balaam[a] uttered his oracle, saying,
“Balak has brought me from Aram,
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me.
Come, denounce Israel!’(A)
8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?(B)
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Numbers 23:7-8
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Numbers 23:7-8
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Acts 16:16
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.(A)
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Acts 16:16
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(A) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(B) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
Acts 8:9-10
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Acts 8:9-10
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9 Now a certain man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he was someone great.(A) 10 All of them, from the least to the greatest, listened to him eagerly, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.”(B)
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Acts 8:9-10
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Acts 8:9-10
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Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(A) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(B) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(C)
Ezekiel 13:6
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Ezekiel 13:6
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6 They have envisioned falsehood and lying divination; they say, “Says the Lord,” when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they wait for the fulfillment of their word!(A)
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Ezekiel 13:6
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Ezekiel 13:6
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6 Their visions are false(A) and their divinations a lie. Even though the Lord has not sent(B) them, they say, “The Lord declares,” and expect him to fulfill their words.(C)
Isaiah 47:12-13
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Isaiah 47:12-13
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12 Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.(A)
13 You are wearied with your many consultations;
let those who study[a] the heavens
stand up and save you,
those who gaze at the stars
and at each new moon predict
what[b] shall befall you.(B)
Isaiah 47:12-13
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Isaiah 47:12-13
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12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(A)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(B)
Let your astrologers(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save(D) you from what is coming upon you.
Psalm 109:17-18
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Psalm 109:17-18
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17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(A)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(B)
Psalm 109:17-18
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Psalm 109:17-18
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Nehemiah 13:2
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Nehemiah 13:2
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2 because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.(A)
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Nehemiah 13:2
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Nehemiah 13:2
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2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam(A) to call a curse down on them.(B) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)(C)
1 Kings 22:13
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1 Kings 22:13
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Micaiah Predicts Failure
13 The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king; let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”
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1 Kings 22:13
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1 Kings 22:13
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13 The messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the other prophets without exception are predicting success for the king. Let your word agree with theirs, and speak favorably.”(A)
1 Kings 22:8
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1 Kings 22:8
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8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”
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1 Kings 22:8
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1 Kings 22:8
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8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate(A) him because he never prophesies anything good(B) about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.
1 Kings 22:6
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1 Kings 22:6
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6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred of them, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”(A)
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1 Kings 22:6
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1 Kings 22:6
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6 So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?”
“Go,”(A) they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”(B)
1 Samuel 17:43
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1 Samuel 17:43
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43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.(A)
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1 Samuel 17:43
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1 Samuel 17:43
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43 He said to David, “Am I a dog,(A) that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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