Numbers 23:19

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret."

James 1:17

Every good gift 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.[4]

Malachi 3:6

"For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began[2]

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Luke 21:33

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

Habakkuk 2:3

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

Psalm 89:35

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

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.[3]

Micah 7:20

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

1 Chronicles 17:17

And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations,[1] O LORD God!

Romans 9:6

But it is not as though the word of God has 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.

Hebrews 7:21

but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.' "

James 4:5

Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"?

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 what I have promised you."

Numbers 14:35

I, the LORD, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation who 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; give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

Psalm 89:34

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

Psalm 110:4

The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

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 forever.

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 out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 4:28

"For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be dark; 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.

Genesis 26:3

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

Joshua 21:45

Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.

1 Samuel 3:12

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

1 Kings 14:11

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the LORD has spoken it." '

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."

2 Kings 15:12

(This was the promise of the LORD that he gave to Jehu, "Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation." And so it came to pass.)

Psalm 77:9

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

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[1] I will set on your throne.