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Temptation The pull towards sin which all humanity, including Jesus, experiences through the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life (1 Jn 2:15-17). To be tempted is not in itself sinful. Sin only comes when a temptation is welcomed and yielded to (Jas 1:13-15).
TEMPTATION: 1 Cor 10:13; 2 Pet 2:4-10. God does not tempt anyone - Jas 1:12-15
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 4:1-11; 1 Corinthians 10:13; James 1:12-15; Hebrews 4:15
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
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Numbers 23:20 (KJV)
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 23:21 (KJV)
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Numbers 23:22 (KJV)
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers 23:23 (KJV)
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Numbers 23:24 (KJV)
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Numbers 23:25 (KJV)
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Numbers 23:26 (KJV)
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Numbers 23:27 (KJV)
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Numbers 23:28 (KJV)
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Numbers 23:29 (KJV)
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Numbers 23:30 (KJV)
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 24:1 (KJV)
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers 24:2 (KJV)
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Numbers 24:3 (KJV)
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers 24:4 (KJV)
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Numbers 24:5 (KJV)
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Numbers 24:6 (KJV)
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Numbers 24:7 (KJV)
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Numbers 24:8 (KJV)
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Numbers 24:9 (KJV)
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Numbers 24:10 (KJV)
And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Numbers 24:11 (KJV)
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.
Numbers 24:12 (KJV)
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Numbers 24:13 (KJV)
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Numbers 24:14 (KJV)
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Numbers 24:15 (KJV)
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers 24:16 (KJV)
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Numbers 24:17 (KJV)
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Numbers 24:18 (KJV)
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Numbers 24:19 (KJV)
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
Numbers 24:20 (KJV)
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Numbers 24:21 (KJV)
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Numbers 24:22 (KJV)
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Numbers 24:23 (KJV)
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Numbers 24:24 (KJV)
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
Numbers 24:25 (KJV)
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Deuteronomy 7:25 (KJV)
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 8:2 (KJV)
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy 8:5 (KJV)
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Deuteronomy 8:11 (KJV)
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
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