Isaiah 40:8

New International Reader's Version

The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground. But what our God says will stand forever.’ ”

Cross References

Psalm 111:8

They will stand firm for ever and ever. They were given by the Lord. He is faithful and honest.

Isaiah 59:21

“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:29

“ ‘I will give you a sign that I will punish you in this place,’ announces the Lord. ‘Then you can be sure that my warnings of harm against you will come true.’

Zechariah 1:6

I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them. “Then they had a change of heart. They said, ‘The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”

Numbers 23:19

God isn’t a mere human. He can’t lie. He isn’t a human being. He doesn’t change his mind. He speaks, and then he acts. He makes a promise, and then he keeps it.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will never pass away.

Matthew 5:18

What I’m about to tell you is true. Heaven and earth will disappear before the smallest letter disappears from the Law. Not even the smallest mark of a pen will disappear from the Law until everything is completed.

Mark 13:31

Heaven and earth will pass away. But my words will never pass away.

John 10:35

We know that Scripture is always true. God spoke to some people and called them ‘gods.’

John 12:34

The crowd spoke up. “The Law tells us that the Messiah will remain forever,” they said. “So how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord lasts forever.” (Isaiah 40:6–8) And this is the word that was preached to you.