⁵ And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

⁹ Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

¹⁸ I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

²¹ And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.

¹⁶ And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

¹⁶ And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

⁵¹ He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation;

¹² For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

⁹ A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

¹ The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

³⁵ And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.

²⁰ And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.