Numbers 23:19

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
  • Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
  • Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
  • Hos 11:9 : 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the ly One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

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  • 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

  • Num 23:20-21
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    20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

    21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

  • 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  • 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

  • Num 23:25-26
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    25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

    26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

  • 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

  • 2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

  • 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

  • 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

  • Ps 89:34-35
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    34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my li.

    35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

  • 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  • 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

  • 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

  • 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

  • 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

  • 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

  • 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Lam 3:37-38
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    37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

    38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

  • 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

    13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

  • 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

  • 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  • 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

  • 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

  • 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

  • 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

  • 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

  • 12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

  • 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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    21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

    22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

  • 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

  • 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

  • 33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

  • 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

  • 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

  • 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

  • 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

  • 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

  • 28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

  • 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

  • 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.