he took

Numbers 23:18
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

Numbers 24:3, 15, 23
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open, . . .

Job 27:1
Then Job continued his discourse and said:

Job 29:1
Again, Job continued his discourse and said:

Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from of old,

Ezekiel 17:2
"Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, 'Is he not just telling parables?'"

Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a taunt against you and wail this bitter lamentation: 'We are utterly ruined; He has changed the portion of my people! How He has removed it from me; He has allotted our fields to traitors!'"

Habakkuk 2:6
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, with mockery and riddles against him, saying: 'Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?'

Matthew 13:33, 35
He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened." . . .

Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

parable.

Numbers 24:2
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

Aram

Numbers 22:5
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, " said Balak. "They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2, 7
"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. . . .

Deuteronomy 23:4
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

come

Numbers 22:6, 11, 17
So please come now and put a curse on these people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed." . . .

Proverbs 26:2
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

defy Israel

1 Samuel 17:10, 25, 26, 36, 45
Then the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!" . . .

2 Samuel 21:21
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.

2 Samuel 23:9
Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,