Numbers 23:19

World English Bible (2000)

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
  • Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 "For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
  • 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 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, who can't lie, promised before time began;
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
  • Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
  • Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
  • Hos 11:9 : 9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
  • 1 Chr 17:17 : 17 This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.

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    29Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent."

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    20Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

    21He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.

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    18He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

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    8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

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

    26But Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?'"

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    23For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

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    6Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.

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    3Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.

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    2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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    33He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"

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    12Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

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    34I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

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    4May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."

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    10God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn't do it.

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    18Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

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    10"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

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    68%

    12God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

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    37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

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    20"Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

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    6"For I, Yahweh, don't change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

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    29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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    14I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh.