They went to Balaam and gave him this message from Balak: "Please don't let anything prevent you from coming to me!

I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me."

Now get on home! I promised to reward you, but the LORD has kept you from getting the reward."

Judgment does not come from the east or from the west, from the north or from the south;

Then the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their greatness.

"All this I will give you," the Devil said, "if you kneel down and worship me."

"I will give you all this power and all this wealth," the Devil told him. "It has all been handed over to me, and I can give it to anyone I choose.

You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?