2 Chronicles 18:13 Cross References - VIN

¹³ Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, I will say what my God says.”

¹⁸ Balaam answered Balak's servants: "Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not disobey the command of the LORD my God no matter whether the request was important or not. ¹⁹ "Now, please stay here tonight, as the others did, and I will find out what else the LORD may have to tell me." ²⁰ That night God came to Balaam and said: "If these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you."

³⁵ The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

¹² He answered and said, "Should I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

²⁶ Balaam answered: "Did I not tell you that I must do everything the LORD tells me?"

¹³ 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what the LORD says?'

¹⁴ And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak."

²⁸ Let the prophet who has a dream relate the dream, but let whoever receives my word speak my word truthfully. What does straw have in common with wheat?" declares the LORD.

⁴ I answered: "Very well, then. I will pray to the LORD our God, just as you have asked. I will tell you what he says. I will not keep back anything from you."

⁷ And you must speak my words to them whether they listen or whether they fail to listen, for they are rebellious.

⁶ "Do not prophesy." They prophesy. "Do not prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us." ⁷ Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD angry? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?"

²⁷ For I did not hesitate to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

²³ For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

¹⁷ For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

¹⁰ Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

⁴ Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.