Num 23:7, 24:3, 15, Psa 49:4, 78:2, Pro 26:7 | ESV | STEP | And Balaam took up his discourse and said , From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains : Come , curse Jacob for me, and come , denounce Israel !

Numbers 23:7

7 And Balaam ^atook up his discourse and said,

“From ^bAram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab ^cfrom the eastern mountains:
‘Come, ^dcurse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 24:3

3 and he ^etook 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 ^gAnd he took up his discourse and said,

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

Psalms 49:4

4 I will incline my ear to ^ha proverb;
I will solve my ⁱriddle to the music of the lyre.

Psalms 78:2

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

Proverbs 26:7

7 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.