Deut.23.5

Deuteronomy 23:5

KJV

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.

Exclusion from the Congregation

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:37

KJV

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

The LORD Alone Is God

Joshua 24:10

KJV GOD

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

Joshua Reviews Israel’s History

2 Samuel 16:12

KJV

It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Shimei Curses David

Nehemiah 13:2

KJV

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.

Foreigners Excluded

Proverbs 26:2

KJV

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Similitudes and Instructions

Malachi 1:2