Numbers 23:7
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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)
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- 23.7 Heb he
Numbers 22:5-6
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5 He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is on the Euphrates,[a] in the land of Amaw,[b] to summon him, saying, “A people has come out of Egypt; they have spread over the face of the earth, and they have settled next to me.(A) 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.”(B)
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Deuteronomy 23:4
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4 because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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Numbers 24:3
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Numbers 23:18
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18 Then Balaam[a] uttered his oracle, saying,
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
listen to me, O son of Zippor:
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- 23.18 Heb he
Micah 2:4
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4 On that day they shall take up a taunt song against you
and wail with bitter lamentation
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
the Lord[a] alters the inheritance of my people;
how he removes it from me!
Among our captors[b] he parcels out our fields.”(A)
Psalm 78:2
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2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,(A)
Job 29:1
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Job 27:1
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Numbers 24:23
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23 Again he uttered his oracle, saying,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?[a]
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- 24.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Numbers 24:15
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Balaam’s Fourth Oracle
15 So he uttered his oracle, saying,
“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,[a]
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- 24.15 Or closed or open
Mark 12:12
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12 When they realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away.(A)
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Matthew 13:35
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35 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:[a]
“I will open my mouth to speak in parables;
I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”[b](A)
Matthew 13:33
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The Parable of the Yeast
33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with[a] three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”(A)
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- 13.33 Gk hid in
Habakkuk 2:6
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The Woes of the Wicked
6 Shall not everyone taunt such people and, with mocking riddles, say about them,
“Alas for you who heap up what is not your own!”
How long will you load yourselves with goods taken in pledge?(A)
Ezekiel 20:49
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49 Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”(A)
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Ezekiel 17:2
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2 O mortal, propound a riddle and speak an allegory to the house of Israel.(A)
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Proverbs 26:2
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2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.(A)
2 Samuel 23:9
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9 Next to him among the three warriors was Eleazar son of Dodo son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle. The Israelites withdrew,(A)
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2 Samuel 21:21
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21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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1 Samuel 17:45
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45 But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.(A)
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1 Samuel 17:36
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36 Your servant has killed both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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1 Samuel 17:25-26
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25 The Israelites said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will greatly enrich the man who kills him and will give him his daughter and make his family free in Israel.”(A) 26 David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”(B)
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1 Samuel 17:10
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10 And the Philistine said, “Today I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man, that we may fight together.”(A)
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Numbers 24:21
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21 Then he looked on the Kenite and uttered his oracle, saying,
“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock,
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