Isaiah 55:11

New Century Version

The same thing is true of the words I speak. They will not return to me empty. They make the things happen that I want to happen, and they succeed in doing what I send them to do.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:8

The grass dies and the flowers fall, but the word of our God will live forever.”

Isaiah 45:23

I will make a promise by my own power, and my promise is true; what I say will not be changed. I promise that everyone will bow before me and will promise to follow me.

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened. When I plan something, it happens. What I want to do, I will do.

Isaiah 53:10

But it was the Lord who decided to crush him and make him suffer. The Lord made his life a penalty offering, but he will still see his descendants and live a long life. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.

Isaiah 54:9

The Lord says, “This day is like the time of Noah to me. I promised then that I would never flood the world again. In the same way, I promise I will not be angry with you or punish you again.

Isaiah 59:21

The Lord says, “This is my agreement with these people: My Spirit and my words that I give you will never leave you or your children or your grandchildren, now and forever.”

Jeremiah 1:11

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I answered, “I see a stick of almond wood.”

Jeremiah 1:12

The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, because I am watching to make sure my words come true.”

Jeremiah 1:13

The Lord spoke his word to me again: “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water, tipping over from the north.”

Jeremiah 23:20

The Lord’s anger will not stop until he finishes what he plans to do. When that day is over, you will understand this clearly.

Jeremiah 25:13

I will make happen all the terrible things I said about Babylonia—everything Jeremiah prophesied about all those foreign nations, the warnings written in this book.

Ezekiel 24:14

“ ‘I, the Lord, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back punishment or feel pity or change my mind. I will judge you by your ways and actions, says the Lord God.’ ”

Amos 6:11

The Lord has given the command; the large house will be broken into pieces, and the small house into bits.

Zechariah 1:6

I commanded my words and laws to my servants the prophets, and they preached to your ancestors, who returned to me. They said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did as he said he would. He punished us for the way we lived and for what we did.’ ”

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true.

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh doesn’t give life. The words I told you are spirit, and they give life.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Deuteronomy 32:2

My teaching will drop like rain; my words will fall like dew. They will be like showers on the grass; they will pour down like rain on young plants.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Also, we always thank God because when you heard his message from us, you accepted it as the word of God, not the words of humans. And it really is God’s message which works in you who believe.

Hebrews 6:7

Some people are like land that gets plenty of rain. The land produces a good crop for those who work it, and it receives God’s blessings.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.

1 Samuel 3:19

The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up; he did not let any of Samuel’s messages fail to come true.