Numbers 24:12-14 Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell the messengers you sent me, Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord - and I must say only what the Lord says? Now I am going back to my people, but come let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come."