Golden Text
James 3:10 blessing
10. . . blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
The Golden Text is from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation.
Responsive Reading
James 1:16, 17, 19, 20; Numbers 22:1 the, 4–6 Balak; 23:5, 8, 20
James 1:16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Num. 22:1. . . the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
4. . . Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
23:5And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.