Numbers 23:19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:15

Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

1 Kings 14:11

Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat, for the Lord has said it! ’

2 Kings 15:12

The word of the Lord that He spoke to Jehu was, “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel,” and it was so.

2 Kings 7:2

Then the captain, the king’s right-hand man, responded to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? ” Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”

1 Chronicles 17:17

This was a little thing to You, God, for You have spoken about Your servant’s house in the distant future. You regard me as a man of distinction, Lord God.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.”

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore an oath to David, a promise He will not abandon: “I will set one of your descendants on your throne.

Psalm 77:9

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger withheld His compassion? ” Selah

Psalm 89:34

I will not violate My covenant or change what My lips have said.

Psalm 89:35

Once and for all I have sworn an oath by My holiness; I will not lie to David.

Isaiah 21:17

The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Isaiah 31:2

But He also is wise and brings disaster. He does not go back on what He says; He will rise up against the house of wicked men and against the allies of evildoers.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.”

Isaiah 46:11

I call a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far country. Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about. I have planned it; I will also do it.

Isaiah 55:11

so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

Jeremiah 4:28

Because of this, the earth will mourn; the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back from it.

Daniel 4:28

All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Hosea 11:9

I will not vent the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not come in rage.

Micah 7:20

You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from days long ago.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.

Malachi 3:6

“Because I, Yahweh, have not changed, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Numbers 14:35

I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

Numbers 23:18

Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Romans 11:29

since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.

Romans 9:6

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Titus 1:2

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

Hebrews 7:21

but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him: The Lord has sworn, and He will not change His mind, You are a priest forever.

James 1:17

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

James 4:5

Or do you think it’s without reason the Scripture says that the Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?

Joshua 21:45

None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.

1 Samuel 15:29

Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not man who changes his mind.”

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.