Numbers 23:10

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Numbers 23:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?

9 For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

12 But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Numbers 2:9

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

Numbers 2:16

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

Numbers 2:24

The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.

Numbers 2:31

The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

Psalms 37:37

Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

Psalms 116:15

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

Isaiah 57:2

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

Luke 2:29

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

1 Corinthians 3:21

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

1 Corinthians 3:22

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,

1 Corinthians 15:53

For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

1 Corinthians 15:55

“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Corinthians 5:1

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:22

But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

Philippians 1:23

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

2 Peter 1:13

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

2 Peter 1:14

because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

2 Peter 1:15

And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”