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Deut. 23:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turnedj the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

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Mic. 6:5• ⁵My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)

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Num. 22:35• ³⁵And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak. (Num. 22:35)

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Num. 23:5‑12,16‑26• ⁵And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
⁶And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
⁷And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
⁸How shall I curse whom *God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
⁹For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
¹⁰Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
¹¹And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
¹²And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
¹⁶And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
¹⁷And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
¹⁸Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
¹⁹*God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
²⁰Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
²²*God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
²³For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath *God wrought!
²⁴Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
²⁵And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
²⁶And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do? (Num. 23:5‑12,16‑26)

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Num. 24:9• ⁹He stooped, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness: who will stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. (Num. 24:9)

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Mic. 6:5• ⁵My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)

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Rom. 8:31• ³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:31)

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2 Cor. 4:17• ¹⁷For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:17)

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Deut. 7:7‑8• ⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:7‑8)

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Deut. 33:3• ³Yea, he loveth the peoples, All his saints are in thy hand, And they sit down at thy feet; Each receiveth of thy words. (Deut. 33:3)

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Psa. 73:1• ¹A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart. (Psa. 73:1)

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Jer. 31:3• ³Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)

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Ezek. 16:8• ⁸And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. (Ezek. 16:8)

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Mal. 1:2• ²I have loved you, saith Jehovah; but ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah, and I loved Jacob, (Mal. 1:2)

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Rom. 9:13• ¹³according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau. (Rom. 9:13)

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Rom. 11:28• ²⁸As regards the glad tidings, they are enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers. (Rom. 11:28)

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Eph. 2:4‑5• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.