Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 23:3 excludes Moabites because they hired Balaam—verse 5 then explains God turned that curse to blessing.
Numbers 22:35 shows God commanding Balaam to speak only His word—explaining how God turned the intended curse into blessing.
Numbers 23:5-12 records Balaam's first blessing—the direct fulfillment of God turning the curse into blessing.
Numbers 23:16-26 records Balaam's second blessing—another instance of God overriding the curse.
Numbers 24:9 includes the blessing on those who bless Israel and curse on those who curse—the outcome of God's reversal.
Micah 6:5 recalls the same Balaam incident, urging Israel to remember God's righteousness in turning the curse.
Numbers 22:12 is God's original command to Balaam not to curse Israel because they are blessed—directly explaining why God turned the curse here.
Numbers 22:13 shows Balaam obeying God's refusal—part of the same event where God later turned the curse into blessing.
Numbers 24:10 records Balak's anger that Balaam blessed Israel instead of cursing—the very outcome God turned to blessing here.
Joshua 24:9 recounts Balak hiring Balaam to curse Israel—the event God overruled here by turning curse into blessing.
In 2 Samuel 16:12, David hopes God will turn Shimei's curse into good, echoing God's transformation of Balaam's curse into blessing.
Nehemiah 13:2 directly recalls the Balaam incident, stating God turned the curse into blessing, exactly as Deuteronomy 23:5 records.
2 Peter 2:15 explicitly names Balaam and his love for profit, explaining why he tried to curse Israel.
Proverbs 26:2 teaches that an undeserved curse does not alight, reflecting how Balaam's curse against Israel was ineffective.