Numbers 23:19

New American Bible - revised edition

God is not a human being who speaks falsely, nor a mortal, who feels regret. Is God one to speak and not act, to decree and not bring it to pass?

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 28:15

I am with you and will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you.

1 Kings 14:11

Anyone of Jeroboam’s line who dies in the city, dogs will devour; anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour. For the Lord has spoken!’

2 Kings 15:12

This was the word the Lord had spoken to Jehu: Sons of your line to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel; and so it was. Reign of Shallum of Israel.

2 Kings 7:2

But the adjutant, upon whose arm the king leaned, answered the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, how could this happen?” Elisha said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

1 Chronicles 17:17

And yet, even this is too little in your sight, O God! For you have made a promise regarding your servant’s house reaching into the future, and you have looked on me as henceforth the most notable of men, Lord God.

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not waver: “You are a priest forever in the manner of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore an oath to David in truth, he will never turn back from it: “Your own offspring I will set upon your throne.

Psalm 77:9

Has God’s mercy ceased forever? The promise to go unfulfilled for future ages?

Psalm 89:34

But I will not take my mercy from him, nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.

Psalm 89:35

I will not violate my covenant; the promise of my lips I will not alter.

Isaiah 21:17

Few of Kedar’s stalwart archers shall remain, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Isaiah 31:2

Yet he too is wise and will bring disaster; he will not turn from his threats. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against those who help evildoers.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower wilts, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Isaiah 46:11

I summon from the east a bird of prey, from a distant land, one to carry out my plan. Yes, I have spoken, I will accomplish it; I have planned it, and I will do it.

Isaiah 55:11

So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty, but shall do what pleases me, achieving the end for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 4:28

Because of this the earth shall mourn, the heavens above shall darken; I have spoken, I will not change my mind, I have decided, I will not turn back.

Daniel 4:28

While these words were still on the king’s lips, a voice spoke from heaven, “It has been decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingship is taken from you!

Hosea 11:9

I will not give vent to my blazing anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again; For I am God and not a man, the Holy One present among you; I will not come in wrath.

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyalty to Abraham, As you have sworn to our ancestors from days of old.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is a witness for the appointed time, a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.

Malachi 3:6

For I, the Lord, do not change, and you, sons of Jacob, do not cease to be.

Numbers 14:35

I, the Lord, have spoken; and I will surely do this to this entire wicked community that conspired against me: here in the wilderness they shall come to their end and there they will die.”

Numbers 23:18

Balaam recited his poem: Rise, Balak, and listen; give ear to my testimony, son of Zippor!

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Exhortation to Be Vigilant.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Triumph of God’s Mercy.

Romans 9:6

But it is not that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel,

2 Timothy 2:13

If we are unfaithful he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself. Warning Against Useless Disputes.

Titus 1:2

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

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.

Hebrews 7:21

but he with an oath, through the one who said to him: “The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: ‘You are a priest forever’”—

James 1:17

all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, “The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy”?

Joshua 21:45

Not a single word of the blessing that the Lord had promised to the house of Israel failed; it all came true.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Glory of Israel neither deceives nor repents, for he is not a mortal who repents.”

1 Samuel 3:12

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