Numbers 22:32
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32 “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the Lord demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.
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Acts 13:10
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10 Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?
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Proverbs 28:18
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18 The blameless will be rescued from harm,
but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.
Numbers 22:22
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22 But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the angel of the Lord to stand in the road to block his way. As Balaam and two servants were riding along,
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and rich.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 Those who follow the right path fear the Lord;
those who take the wrong path despise him.
2 Peter 2:14-15
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14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse. 15 They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor,[a] who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
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- 2:15 Some manuscripts read Bosor.
Micah 6:5
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5 Don’t you remember, my people,
how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed
and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead?
And remember your journey from Acacia Grove[a] to Gilgal,
when I, the Lord, did everything I could
to teach you about my faithfulness.”
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- 6:5 Hebrew Shittim.
Jonah 4:11
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11 But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness,[a] not to mention all the animals. Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?”
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- 4:11 Hebrew people who don’t know their right hand from their left.
Psalm 147:9
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9 He gives food to the wild animals
and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
Psalm 145:9
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9 The Lord is good to everyone.
He showers compassion on all his creation.
Psalm 36:6
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6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
Deuteronomy 25:4
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4 “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.
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Deuteronomy 23:4
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4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
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Numbers 22:35
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35 But the angel of the Lord told Balaam, “Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak’s officials.
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Numbers 22:28
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28 Then the Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.
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Numbers 22:20
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20 That night God came to Balaam and told him, “Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”
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Exodus 3:2-6
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2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. 3 “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”
4 When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
“Here I am!” Moses replied.
5 “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground. 6 I am the God of your father[a]—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
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- 3:6 Greek version reads your fathers.
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