Numbers 23:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither 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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  • 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 eternal times;
  • 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 regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.

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  • 29 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: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

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

  • 18 He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:

  • 8 How 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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    25 Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

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

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

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

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

  • 2 When 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.

  • 33 He 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.'"

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

  • Ps 89:34-35
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    69%

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

    35 Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

  • 4 May 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."

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

  • 18 Balaam 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.

  • 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.

  • 12 He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?

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

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

  • Lam 3:37-38
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    37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

    38 Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

  • 20 "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12 Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

    13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?

  • 20 Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?

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

  • 23 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?

  • 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

  • 25 If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"

  • 30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.

  • 10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

  • 12 They have denied Yahweh, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

  • 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That 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 If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?

    22 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.

  • 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!

  • 6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken; For generations I shall have no trouble."

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

  • 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor repaid us for our iniquities.

  • 7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

  • 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."

  • 12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

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

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

  • 18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

  • 14 I, 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.