Numbers 23:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Cross References

Genesis 26:3

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

Genesis 28:15

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done that of which I have spoken to you.”

1 Kings 14:11

Any one belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and any one who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat; for the Lord has spoken it.” ’

2 Kings 15:12

(This was the promise of the Lord which he gave to Jehu, “Your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it came to pass.)

2 Kings 7:2

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

1 Chronicles 17:17

And this was a small thing in thy eyes, O God; thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O Lord God!

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

Psalm 77:9

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

Psalm 89:34

I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Psalm 89:35

Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.

Isaiah 21:17

and the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

Isaiah 31:2

And yet he is wise and brings disaster, he does not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.

Isaiah 46:11

calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, 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 it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 4:28

For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black; for I have spoken, I have purposed; I have not relented nor will I turn back.”

Daniel 4:28

All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.

Micah 7:20

Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Habakkuk 2:3

For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Malachi 3:6

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Numbers 14:35

I, the Lord, have spoken; surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.”

Numbers 23:18

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Romans 9:6

But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

2 Timothy 2:13

if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who never lies, promised ages ago

Hebrews 6:18

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

Hebrews 7:21

Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one was addressed with an oath, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘Thou art a priest for ever.’ ”

James 1:17

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us”?

Joshua 21:45

Not one of all the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

1 Samuel 3:12

On that day I will fulfil against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.