Numbers 22:21-23:30; Luke 1:57-80; Psalm 58:1-11; Proverbs 11:12-13 (King James Version)

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Numbers 22:21-23:30 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage  21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.  22And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.  23And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.  24But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.  25And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.  26And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.  27And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.  28And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?  29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.  30And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.  31Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.  32And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:  33And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.  34And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.  35And 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.  36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.  37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?  38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.  39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.  40And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.  41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. Numbers 23  1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.  2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.  3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.  4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.  5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.  6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, 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, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.  8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?  9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people 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 me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!  11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto 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 the LORD hath put in my mouth?  13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.  14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.  15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.  16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.  17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?  18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:  19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?  20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.  21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.  22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.  23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!  24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.  25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.  26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?  27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.  28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon.  29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.  30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 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Luke 1:57-80 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage  57Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.  58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.  59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.  60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.  61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.  62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.  63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.  64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.  65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.  66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.  67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,  68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,  69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;  70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:  71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;  72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;  73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,  74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,  75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.  76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;  77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,  78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,  79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.  80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain
Psalm 58:1-11 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Psalm 58  1Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?  2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.  3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.  4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;  5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.  6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.  7Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.  8As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.  9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.  10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.  11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain
Proverbs 11:12-13 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage  12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.  13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain