“Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
Numbers 22:6
Come now H3212: A primitive root (compare הָלַךְ H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses): - X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow (-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, make) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ([-journey]), vanish, (cause to) walk (-ing), wax, X be weak.
“When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.”
Psalm 142:3
“My son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,”
Proverbs 1:15
“Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.”
Genesis 49:6
Curse H779: A primitive root; to execrate: - X bitterly curse.
“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.”
Romans 12:14
“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James 3:10
This people for me,
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?”
Ezekiel 15:2
“For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?”
Ecclesiastes 6:8
Mighty H6099: Passive participle of עָצַם H6105; powerful (specifically a paw); by implication numerous: - + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong. H6105: A primitive root; to bind fast, that is, close (the eyes); intransitively to be (causatively make) powerful or numerous ; denominatively (from עֶצֶם H6106) to crunch the bones.
“As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?’”
Psalm 42:10
Perhaps I shall be able to
“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the LORD God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:21-24
Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them: KJV: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them.
Prevail H3201: A primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might): - be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, [-not]), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
“Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.”
Revelation 14:12
“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
Matthew 24:13
“And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.”
Hebrews 6:15
Defeat H5221: A primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively): - beat, cast forth, clap, give [wounds], X go forward, X indeed, kill, make [slaughter], murderer, punish, slaughter, slay (-er, -ing), smite (-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
“But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.”
Galatians 4:29
Drive from H1644: A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce: - cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, X surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
“So she said to Abraham, ‘Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.’”
Genesis 21:10
The land H776: From an unused root probably meaning to be firm ; the earth (at large, or partitively a land): - X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.
“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”
James 3:13-18
For I know
“And you know the way to where I am going.”
John 14:4
That he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.”
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:19