And he answered and said, “Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.”
‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak’?
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?”
Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.”
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