And he took up his parable, and said, Balak king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, call for a curse upon Israel for me.

How can I curse whom the Lord has not cursed? Or how can I denounce whom God has not denounced?

He lies down, he rests as a lion; and as a young lion, who shall rouse him? Those that bless you are blessed, and those that curse you are cursed.

And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be master over your brother, and the sons of your father shall reverence you; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.

because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when you went out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse you.

And Balak, king of Moab, son of Siphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.

And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that you come against me with a staff and stones? And David said, No, but worse than a dog. And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.

Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it has come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.

And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men. And the king said to them, Shall I go up to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for the Lord will surely give [it] into the hands of the king.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is one man here [for us] to inquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Micaiah son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat king of Judah said, Let not the king say such things!

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak good [things] with one mouth concerning the king; let now your words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.

Let them curse, but You shall bless; let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let Your servant rejoice.

As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon anyone without a cause.

Stand now with your enchantments, and with the abundance of your sorcery, which you have learned from your youth; if you can be profited.

You are wearied in your counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver you, let them that see the stars tell you what is about to come upon you.

In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false [visions,] prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord says, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began [to try] to confirm the word.

Now a certain man named Simon was previously in the city practicing magic and astounding the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great,

to whom they gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the great power of God."

Now it came to pass, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by fortune telling.