Numbers 23:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.

Genesis 28:15

And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said."

1 Kings 14:11

Those who will have died of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will devour them. And those who will have died in the field, the birds of the heavens will devour them. For the Lord has spoken.'

2 Kings 15:12

This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: "Your sons, even to the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel." And so it happened.

2 Kings 7:2

And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, "Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?" And he said, "You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it."

1 Chronicles 17:17

But even this has seemed little in your sight, and therefore you have also spoken about the house of your servant even for the future. And you have made me a spectacle above all men, O Lord God.

Psalm 110:4

He has created a memorial to his wonders; he is a merciful and compassionate Lord.

Psalm 77:9

The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.

Isaiah 21:17

And the remainder of the multitude of strong archers from the sons of Kedar will be few, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it."

Isaiah 31:2

Therefore, being wise, he has permitted harm, and he has not removed his words, and he will rise up against the house of the wicked and against those who assist the workers of iniquity.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity."

Isaiah 46:11

I call a bird from the east, and from a far away land, the man of my will. And I have spoken it, and I will carry it out. I have created, and I will act.

Isaiah 55:11

so also will my word be, which will go forth from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish whatever I will, and it will prosper in the tasks for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn, and the heavens will lament from above. For I have spoken, I have decided, and I have not regretted. Neither will I be turned away from it.

Daniel 4:28

And while the words were still in the king's mouth, a voice rushed down from heaven, "To you, O king Nebuchadnezzar, it is said: 'Your kingdom will be taken away from you,

Hosea 11:9

I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.

Micah 7:20

You will give the truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days.

Habakkuk 2:3

For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.

Malachi 3:6

For I am the Lord, and I do not change. And you, the sons of Jacob, have not been consumed.

Numbers 14:35

For just as I have spoken, so shall I do, to this entire most wicked multitude, which has risen up together against me. In the wilderness, here shall it fade away and die."

Numbers 23:18

But, taking up his parable, he said: "Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor.

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth shall pass away. But my words shall not pass away.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.

Romans 9:6

But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful: he is not able to deny himself.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:21

But this man was made a priest with an oath, by the One who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and he will not repent. You are a priest forever."

James 1:17

Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

James 4:5

Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?"

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent."

1 Samuel 3:12

In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish.