Numbers 23:19

Easy To Read Version

God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If the Lord says he will do something, then he will do it. If the Lord makes a promise, then he will do the thing he promised.

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

Stay in that land, and I will be with you. I will bless you. I will give you and your family all these lands. I will do what I promised to Abraham your father.

Genesis 28:15

“I am with you, and I will protect you every place you go. And I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised.”

1 Kings 14:11

Any person from your family that dies in the city will be eaten by dogs. And any person from your family that dies in the fields will be eaten by birds. The Lord has spoken.’”

2 Kings 15:12

In this way the Lord’s word came true. The Lord had told Jehu that four generations of his descendants [175] would be kings of Israel.

2 Kings 7:2

Then the officer that was close to the king [76] answered the man of God [77] (Elisha). The officer said, “Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, this could not happen!”

1 Chronicles 17:17

Besides all those things, you let me know what will happen to my family in the future. You have treated me like a very important man.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord made a promise,\par and he will not change his mind.\par “You are a priest forever—\par the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”\par

Psalm 132:11

The Lord made a promise to David.\par The Lord promised to be loyal to David.\par The Lord promised that the kings would come from David’s family.\par

Psalm 77:9

Has God forgotten what mercy is?\par Has his compassion changed to anger?”\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [436]})\i0 \par

Psalm 89:34

I will not break my agreement with David.\par I will not change our agreement.\par

Psalm 89:35

By my holiness, I made a promise to him.\par And I would not lie to David!\par

Isaiah 21:17

At that time, only a few of the archers, {\cf2\super [212]} the great soldiers of Kedar, will be left alive.” The Lord, the God of Israel, told me those things.

Isaiah 31:2

But, it is the Lord who is wise. And it is the Lord who will bring trouble against them. The people will not be able to change the Lord’s command. The Lord will rise and fight against the evil people (Judah). And the Lord will fight against the people (Egypt) that try to help them.

Isaiah 40:8

Grass dies and wildflowers fall.\par But the word of our God continues forever.”\par

Isaiah 46:11

And I am calling a man from the east. That man will be like an eagle. He will come from a faraway country, and he will do the things I decide to do. I am telling you that I will do this, and I will do it. I made him, and I will bring him!

Isaiah 55:11

In the same way, my words leave my mouth,\par and they don’t come back until they make things happen.\par My words make the things happen that I want to happen.\par My words succeed in doing the things I send them to do.\par

Jeremiah 4:28

So the people in the land will cry\par for the dead people.\par The sky will grow dark.\par I have spoken and will not change.\par I have made a decision\par and I will not change my mind.”\par

Daniel 4:28

All those things happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Hosea 11:9

I will not let my terrible anger win.\par I will not destroy Ephraim again.\par I am God, and not man.\par I am the Holy One, I am with you.\par I will not show my anger.\par

Micah 7:20

\{God,\} please be true to Jacob, {\cf2\super [82]} \par Be kind and loyal to Abraham, {\cf2\super [83]} \par like you promised our ancestors {\cf2\super [84]} \par a long time ago.\par

Habakkuk 2:3

This message is about a special time in the future. This message is about the end, and it will come true! \{It may seem like that time will never come.\} But be patient and wait for it. That time will come. It will not be late.

Malachi 3:6

“I am the Lord, and I don’t change. You are Jacob’s children, and you have not been completely destroyed.

Numbers 14:35

“I am the Lord, and I have spoken. And I promise that I will do these things to all of these evil people. These people have come together against me. So they will all die here in this desert.”

Numbers 23:18

Then Balaam said these things:

Luke 21:33

The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed; but the words I have said will never be destroyed!

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them. And God never takes back his call to the people.

Romans 9:6

\{Yes, I feel sorry for the Jewish people.\} I don’t mean that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel (the Jews) are truly God’s people. {\cf2\super [77]}

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are not faithful,\par he will still be faithful,\par because he cannot be false to himself.\par

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

Hebrews 6:18

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

Hebrews 7:21

But Christ became a priest with God’s vow. God said to him:

James 1:17

Everything good comes from God. And every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Father who made all the lights in the sky (sun, moon, stars). But God never changes \{like those lights\}. He is always the same.

James 4:5

Do you think the Scriptures {\cf2\super [19]} mean nothing? The Scriptures say, “The Spirit {\cf2\super [20]} that \{God\} made to live in us wants us only for himself.” {\cf2\super [21]}

Joshua 21:45

The Lord kept every promise that he made to the people of Israel. There were no promises that he failed to keep. Every promise came true.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Lord is the God of Israel. The Lord lives forever. The Lord does not lie or change his mind. The Lord is not like a man who changes his mind.”

1 Samuel 3:12

I will do everything I said I would do against Eli and his family. I will do everything from the beginning to the end.