Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
KJV
et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem ejus in benedictionem tuam, eo quod diligeret te.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Κύριος ὁ θεός σου εἰσακοῦσαι τοῦ Βαλαάμ, καὶ μετέστρεψεν Κύριος ὁ θεός σου τὰς κατάρας εἰς εὐλογίαν, ὅτι ἠγάπησέν σε Κύριος ὁ θεός σου.
LXX
Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
ASV
עַל דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְ/כֶם֙ בַּ/לֶּ֣חֶם וּ/בַ/מַּ֔יִם בַּ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּ/צֵאתְ/כֶ֣ם מִ/מִּצְרָ֑יִם וַ/אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜י/ךָ אֶת בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן בְּע֗וֹר מִ/פְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַהֲרַ֖יִם לְ/קַֽלְלֶֽ/ךָּ
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Cross-references
- 2Cor 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- 2Sam 16:12 — It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
- Deut 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
- Deut 33:3 — Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Ezek 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant
- Gen 31:55 — And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
- Jer 31:3 — The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Josh 24:10 — But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
- Mal 1:2 — I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
- Mic 6:5 — O my 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 the LORD.
- Neh 13:2 — Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
- Num 22:12 — And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
- Num 22:35 — And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Num 23:5 — And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Num 23:16 — And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
- Num 24:9 — He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
- Prov 26:2 — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- Ps 73:1 — Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
- Rev 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
- Rom 8:31 — What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- Rom 9:13 — As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
- Rom 11:28 — As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.