Numbers 23:19

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God isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he say he's going to do something but doesn't? Does he make promises he doesn't carry out?

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.

Genesis 28:15

Listen! I am with you and will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this country. I won't leave you because I'm going to do what I've promised you.”

1 Kings 14:11

Those of Jeroboam's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by birds. For the Lord has spoken.

2 Kings 15:12

In this way what the Lord told Jehu came true: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”

2 Kings 7:2

The officer who was the king's assistant said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”

1 Chronicles 17:17

God, you talk as if this was a small thing in your eyes, and you also have spoken about the future of my house, my family dynasty. You also see me as someone very important, Lord God.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has made a vow he will not break: “You are a priest forever, following the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 132:11

The Lord made a solemn promise to David, one he will never cancel—“I will put one of your descendants on your throne.

Psalm 77:9

Has God forgotten to be kind? Has he angrily slammed the door shut on his compassion? Selah.

Psalm 89:34

I will not annul the agreement I have with him; I will not alter a single word I've said.

Psalm 89:35

By my holy character I have made a vow to David that I will not lie to him.

Isaiah 21:17

There will only be a few left of the archers, the warriors of Kedar.” The Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Isaiah 31:2

Yet he's also wise! He will bring disaster and won't withdraw his orders. He will take action against this wicked nation and the evil people who help them.

Isaiah 40:8

However, even though the grass wilts and the flower fades, the word of our God will endure forever.”

Isaiah 46:11

I'm calling a bird of prey from the east, a man from a distant country who will carry out my plan. I have spoken, and I will make sure it happens. I have made my plan, and I will carry it out.

Isaiah 55:11

In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose.

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn and the heavens above will go dark. I have spoken; this is what I have ordered. I'm not going to stop or change my mind.”

Daniel 4:28

(However, all this did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God, not a human being. I am the Holy One living among you. I will not enter your cities.

Micah 7:20

You will give your trustworthy truth to the people of Jacob, your faithful love to the people of Abraham, as you promised our forefathers long ago.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is for a future time, it is about the end and it does not lie. If it seems slow in being fulfilled, wait for it, for it will definitely come—it will not be delayed!

Malachi 3:6

For I am the Lord, I don't change, and you haven't stopped being descendants of Jacob.

Numbers 14:35

I, the Lord, have spoken! Just see if I won't do this to all these wicked Israelites who have worked together to oppose me! They will end their lives in the desert—they will die there.’”

Numbers 23:18

This is the prophecy that Balaam delivered: “Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, son of Zippor!

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my word will not.

Romans 11:29

God's gifts and his calling can't be withdrawn.

Romans 9:6

It's not that God's promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite,

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are not trustworthy, he is still trustworthy, for he cannot be untrue to himself.”

Titus 1:2

This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago,

Hebrews 6:18

So by these two actions that can't be changed, and since it's impossible for God to lie, we can have total confidence, having run for safety to take hold of the hope God presented to us.

Hebrews 7:21

But he became a priest with an oath because God told him, “The Lord has taken a solemn vow and will not change his mind: You are a priest forever.”

James 1:17

All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.

James 4:5

Do you think Scripture doesn't mean what it says: that the spirit that he put in us is very jealous?

Joshua 21:45

Not a single one of the good things the Lord promised Israel had failed; everything had come true.

1 Samuel 15:29

In addition, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind!”

1 Samuel 3:12

That's when I will carry out against Eli and his family everything I have said, from beginning to end.