Numbers 24:11

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“Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.””

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BSBPD

“Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 24:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 22:17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
  2. Numbers 22:37And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”
  3. Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  4. Acts 8:20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
  5. Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
  6. Hebrews 11:24By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
  7. 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
  8. 2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

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