And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are op
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in
he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold,
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes a
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined!
And Job continued his discourse:
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden sinc
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measure
Job continued his discourse:
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the n
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Phi
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the a
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff
Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills hi
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. P
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of La
for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is n