Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Cross-reference
Genesis 31:24 records the divine warning Laban references in 31:29, showing the source of his caution.
Genesis 31:42 is Jacob's response: God saw his hardship and rebuked Laban — confirming the divine protection Laban himself acknowledged.
In Genesis 31:53, Jacob and Laban swear an oath by God, echoing Laban's earlier acknowledgment of divine intervention.
Genesis 31:7 is Jacob's testimony: 'God did not permit him to harm me.' Laban here confirms what Jacob had already reported about divine restraint.
Genesis 24:50 uses the same 'good or bad' phrase — Laban's own father acknowledged God's hand in Rebekah's marriage with identical language.
Genesis 32:9 is Jacob praying before meeting Esau, trusting the same God who just restrained Laban from harming him.
Acts 5:39 warns you may be found fighting God. Laban was divinely warned not to oppose God's chosen — exactly the peril Gamaliel describes.
Acts 9:5 shows God directly warning Saul not to harm Jesus' followers — same pattern: divine intervention to protect the chosen from those with power.
In Matthew 27:19, a dream warns Pilate to avoid harming Jesus, echoing how God warned Laban here against harming Jacob.
1 Chronicles 16:21 celebrates God who 'allowed no one to oppress them' — the same divine protection Laban experienced when God warned him.
Proverbs 3:27 echoes 'it is in your power' but directs it toward doing good — the opposite of Laban's power to harm, which God restrained.
In John 19:11, Jesus tells Pilate his power comes from above — paralleling how Laban's authority was restrained by God's warning.
Micah 2:1 warns of those who act 'because it is in the power of their hand' — Laban claims this same power but was divinely restrained from using it.