Deuteronomy 23:5 Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:5

5: (But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.)

"The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.

What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

For our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever!

But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)

Many of the Jews are now enemies of the Good News. But this has been to your benefit, for God has given his gifts to you Gentiles. Yet the Jews are still his chosen people because of his promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you."

Long ago the LORD said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

Then the LORD gave Balaam a message for King Balak and said, "Go back to Balak and tell him what I told you."
When Balaam returned, the king was standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.
This was the prophecy Balaam delivered: "Balak summoned me to come from Aram; the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills. `Come,' he said, `curse Jacob for me! Come and announce Israel's doom.'
But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned?
I see them from the cliff tops; I watch them from the hills. I see a people who live by themselves, set apart from other nations.

So the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."
So Balaam returned to the place where the king and the officials of Moab were standing beside Balak's burnt offerings. "What did the LORD say?" Balak asked eagerly.
This was the prophecy Balaam delivered: "Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.
God is not a man, that he should lie. He is not a human, that he should change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!

Indeed, you love the people; all your holy ones are in your hands. They follow in your steps and accept your instruction.

Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an unfair curse will not land on its intended victim.

But the angel of the LORD told him, "Go with these men, but you may say only what I tell you to say." So Balaam went on with Balak's officials.

"Don't you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia to Gilgal, when I, the LORD, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness."

"I have loved you deeply," says the LORD. But you retort, "Really? How have you loved us?" And the LORD replies, "I showed my love for you by loving your ancestor Jacob. Yet Esau was Jacob's brother,

And when I passed by and saw you again, you were old enough to be married. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

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