Numbers 23:19

Bishops' Bible (1568)

God is not a man that he should lye, neither the sonne of a ma that he should repent: should he say & not do? or should he speake, and not make it good?

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gyftes and callyng of God, are without repentaunce.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the Lorde, I chaunge not: and you sonnes of Iacob are not consumed.
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 The strength of Israel wyl not beguyle, nor repent: for he is not a man that shoulde repent.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good geuyng, and euery perfect gyft is from aboue, and cometh downe from the father of lyghtes, with who is no variablenes, neither shadow of turnyng.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appoynted time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lye: though it tary, wayte: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.
  • Luke 21:33 : 33 Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.
  • Ps 89:35 : 35 I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid.
  • Hos 11:9 : 9 I wyll not execute the fiercenesse of my wrath, I wyl not returne to destroy Ephraim: for I am God and not man, the holy one in the middest of thee, and I wyll not enter into the citie.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And yet this seemed litle in thyne eyes, O God: But thou hast also spoken of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle to come, and hast loked vpon me as vpon a man of hye degree, O Lorde God.

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  • 1 Sam 15:29
    77%

    29The strength of Israel wyl not beguyle, nor repent: for he is not a man that shoulde repent.

  • Num 23:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse: for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to aulter it.

    21He behelde no vanitie in Iacob, nor saw transgression in Israel: The Lord his God is with hym, and the ioyfull shout of a king is among them.

  • Num 23:18
    72%

    18And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

  • Num 23:8
    71%

    8Howe shall I curse hym, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defie hym, whom God hath not defied?

  • Num 23:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: Neither curse them, nor blesse them at all.

    26But Balaam aunswered and said vnto Balac: Tolde not I thee, saying, All that ye Lorde speaketh, that I must do?

  • Job 34:23
    70%

    23For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • Amos 7:6
    69%

    6So the Lord repented for this: this also shall not be, sayth the Lorde God.

  • Amos 7:3
    69%

    3So the Lorde repented for this: it shall not be, sayth the Lorde.

  • Num 30:2
    69%

    2If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth.

  • Lev 27:33
    69%

    33He shall not looke if it be good or bad, nor chaunge it: els if he chaunge it, both it and that it was chaunged withall, shalbe halowed, and may not be redeemed.

  • Job 34:12
    69%

    12Sure it is that God wil not do wickedly, neither wyll the almightie paruert iudgement.

  • Ps 89:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes.

    35I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid.

  • Rom 3:4
    68%

    4God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged.

  • Jonah 3:10
    68%

    10And God sawe their workes, that they turned from their euil wayes, and he repented of the euill that he saide he woulde do vnto them, and did it not.

  • Num 22:18
    68%

    18And Balaam aunswered and said vnto the seruauntes of Balac: If Balac woulde geue me his house full of syluer and golde, I can not go beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to do lesse or more:

  • Job 34:10
    68%

    10Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing.

  • Num 23:12
    68%

    12He aunswered and sayd: Must I not take heede to speake that whiche the lorde hath put in my mouth?

  • Num 22:12
    68%

    12And God said vnto Balaam: Go not thou with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.

  • Lam 3:37-38
    2 verses
    68%

    37What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement?

    38Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good?

  • Job 8:20
    67%

    20Beholde, God will not cast away a vertuous man, neither wil he helpe the vngodly.

  • Num 24:12-13
    2 verses
    67%

    12Balaam aunswered vnto Balac: Tolde I not thy messengers whiche thou sendedst vnto me, saying:

    13If Balac woulde geue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not passe the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine owne minde: But what the Lorde sayeth, that wyll I speake.

  • Jer 16:20
    67%

    20Howe can a man make those his gods, which are not able to be gods?

  • Mal 3:6
    67%

    6For I am the Lorde, I chaunge not: and you sonnes of Iacob are not consumed.

  • Jer 23:23
    67%

    23Am I then God that seeth but the thing whiche is nye at hande, and not that is farre of, saith the Lorde?

  • Jas 1:13
    67%

    13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God can not be tempted with euyl, neither tempteth he any man:

  • Job 24:25
    67%

    25Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.

  • Jer 48:30
    67%

    30I knowe (saith the Lorde) her indignation, she doth not right, her wordes are lyes, and they haue not dealt truely.

  • Jer 18:10
    66%

    10If the same people do euyll before me and heare not my voyce, I repent of the good that I haue deuised for them.

  • Jer 5:12
    66%

    12They haue denied the Lorde and sayde, It is not he that loketh vpon vs tushe, there shall no misfortune come vpon vs, we shall see neither sworde nor hunger.

  • Job 9:32
    66%

    32For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • Job 4:17
    66%

    17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

  • Deut 18:21-22
    2 verses
    66%

    21And if thou say in thine heart: howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken?

    22Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing folowe not, nor come to passe: that is the thyng which the Lorde hath not spoken, but the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously: Thou shalt not therfore be afrayde of hym.

  • Num 23:23
    66%

    23For there is no sorcerie in Iacob, nor soothsaying in Israel, according to this time it shalbe sayde of Iacob and Israel: What hath God wrought?

  • Ps 10:6
    66%

    6He hath sayde in his heart, tushe, I can not be remoued: for I can not be touched at any tyme with harme.

  • Lam 3:33
    66%

    33For he doth not plague willingly, and afflict the chyldren of men,

  • Ps 103:10
    66%

    10He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes: nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse.

  • Ps 101:7
    66%

    7There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.

  • 2 Cor 1:18
    66%

    18God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.

  • Lev 19:12
    65%

    12Ye shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lorde.

  • Rom 11:29
    65%

    29For the gyftes and callyng of God, are without repentaunce.

  • Jer 4:28
    65%

    28And therfore shall the earth mourne, and the heauen be sorie aboue: for the thyng that I haue spoken to the prophetes, purposed, and taken vpon me to do, shall not repent me, and I wyll not go from it.

  • Ezek 17:18
    65%

    18For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt, (wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon) and done all these thinges, he shall not escape.

  • Ezek 24:14
    65%

    14Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it: yea it is come therto all redy that I will do it, I will not go backe, I will not spare, I will not repent: but according to thy wayes and imaginations shall they iudge thee, sayth the Lorde God.