Isaiah 55:11

New International Reader's Version

The words I speak are like that. They will not return to me without producing results. They will accomplish what I want them to. They will do exactly what I sent them to do.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:8

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

Isaiah 45:23

I have made a promise in my own name. I have spoken with complete honesty. I will not take back a single word. I said, ‘Everyone will kneel down to me. Everyone’s mouth will make promises in my name.’

Isaiah 46:10

Before something even happens, I announce how it will end. In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come. I say, ‘My plan will succeed. I will do anything I want to do.’

Isaiah 53:10

The Lord says, “It was my plan to crush him and cause him to suffer. I made his life an offering to pay for sin. But he will see all his children after him. In fact, he will continue to live. My plan will be brought about through him.

Isaiah 54:9

“During Noah’s time I made a promise. I said I would never cover the earth with water again. In the same way, I have promised not to be angry with you. I will never punish you again.

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 1:11

A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “The branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

Jeremiah 1:12

The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly. I am watching to see that my word comes true.”

Jeremiah 1:13

Another message from the Lord came to me. The Lord asked me, “What do you see?” “A pot that has boiling water in it,” I answered. “It’s leaning toward us from the north.”

Jeremiah 23:20

My anger will not turn back. I will accomplish everything I plan to do. In days to come you will understand it clearly.

Jeremiah 25:13

I have spoken against that land. And I will make all these things happen to it. Everything will happen that is written in this book. And I will make everything Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations come true.

Ezekiel 24:14

“I have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back. I will not feel sorry for you. I will do what I said I would do. You will be judged for your conduct and actions. I am the Lord,” announces the Lord and King.

Amos 6:11

That’s because the Lord has already given an order. He will smash large houses to pieces. He will crush small houses to bits.

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.

John 6:63

The Holy Spirit gives life. The body means nothing at all. The words I have spoken to you are full of the Spirit. They give life.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching fall like rain. Let my words come down like dew. Let them be like raindrops on new grass. Let them be like rain on tender plants.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.

Hebrews 6:7

Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can’t die.

1 Samuel 3:19

As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him. He made everything Samuel said come true.