I have been instructed to bless, And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.

Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the LORD told me?"

Balaam answered, "I came, didn't I? But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say."

even if you gave me all the silver and gold in your palace, I could not disobey the command of the LORD by doing anything of myself. I will say only what the LORD tells me to say."

They may sound fine, but don't believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate.

For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people.

They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.