Cross references

Numbers 22:6

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

Numbers 22:6 BSB

Numbers 22:6 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 24:9 (4 votes) and Numbers 23:7–8 (3 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 12 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Numbers 22:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

  2. 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!’ How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

  3. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

  4. May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

  5. But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

  6. for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”

  7. 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 Aram-naharaim to curse you.

  8. “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

  9. So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

  10. The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

  11. because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

  12. Acts 16:162 votes
  13. Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

Which verses point to Numbers 22:6?

The 10 strongest of 19.