Num 23:18, 24:3, 15, 23, Job 27:1, 29:1, Psa 78:2, Eze 17:2, 20:49, Mic 2:4 | ESV | STEP | And Balaam took up his discourse and said , Rise , Balak , and hear ; give ear to me, O son of Zippor :

Numbers 23:18

18 And Balaam took up his discourse and said,

“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 24:3

3 and he ^atook up his discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened, ^{▼▼Or closed, or perfect; also verse 15}

Numbers 24:15

Balaam’s Final Oracle

15 ^cAnd he took up his discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,

Numbers 24:23

23 And he took up his discourse and said,

“Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Job 27:1

Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity

1 And Job again ^dtook up his discourse, and said:

Job 29:1

Job’s Summary Defense

1 And Job again ^etook up his discourse, and said:

Psalms 78:2

2 ^fI will open my mouth ^gin a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Ezekiel 17:2

2 ^h“Son of man, ⁱpropound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

49 Then I said, ^j“Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ^k‘Is he not a maker of parables?’”

Micah 2:4

4 In that day ^lthey shall take up a taunt song against you
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
^mhe changes the portion of my people;
ⁿhow he removes it from me!
^oTo an apostate he allots our fields.”