Numbers 22:38
22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able
to speak
just anything? I must speak
only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Numbers 23:5
23:5 Then the
Lord put a message
in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
Numbers 23:20
23:20 Indeed, I have received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 24:10-13
24:10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
24:11 So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”
24:12 Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
24:13 ‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak’?
Job 1:10
1:10 Have you
not made a hedge
around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed
the work of his hands, and his livestock
have increased
in the land.