Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Balaam declared that though Balak offered him his house full of silver and gold with wealth and honor, he could not go beyond the Lord's command on his own to do either good or bad, but could speak only what the Lord said. No bribery or persuasion could move him to add to, alter, or speak against God's message, and not even his own wish and longing to curse Israel could change it. He had been compelled to bless Israel when he had hoped and longed to curse it. He was disappointed that his efforts brought him neither the riches nor the honor he had hoped for. Balak's repeated attempts to move Balaam to different places to turn Israel's blessing into a curse parallel the repeated efforts to move Luther from his firm stand. Like Balaam, Luther was unshaken by human pressure and was sustained by divine power.