“But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, ‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do less or more.’”
Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak,
Answered H6030: A primitive root; properly to eye or (generally) to heed, that is, pay attention ; by implication to respond ; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce.
“For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
Luke 12:12
“Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it.”
Isaiah 34:1
“Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; ...”
Judges 5:3
“Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;”
Proverbs 2:2
“I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.”
Psalm 49:4
Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold,
“It cannot be bought for gold, and silver cannot be weighed as its price. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. Gold and glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls. The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.”
Job 28:15-19
“Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.”
Proverbs 8:10-11
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”
Proverbs 9:10
I could not go beyond
Beyond H5674: A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literally or figuratively; transitively, intransitively, intensively or causatively); specifically to cover (in copulation).
“When he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.”
Proverbs 8:29
“And said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed.’”
Job 38:11
“Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,”
Job 14:5
“Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”
2 John 1:9
The command of the LORD my God
“For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.”
Matthew 5:18
Do H6231: A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application: - accomplish.
“Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.”
Genesis 6:22
“Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.”
Genesis 5:24
Less H6996: From קוּט H6962; abbreviated, that is, diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance): - least, less (-ser), little (one), small (-est, one, quantity, thing), young (-er, -est). H6962: A primitive root; properly to cut off, that is, (figuratively) detest.
More H1419: From גָּדַל H1431; great (in any sense); hence older ; also insolent: - + aloud, elder (-est), + exceeding (-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing, -er, -ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (´) very. H1431: A primitive root; properly to twist (compare גְּדִל H1434), that is, to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride).
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.”
Revelation 22:18-19