Verse 17

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:18 : 18 For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
  • Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
  • Isa 40:8 : 8 The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
  • 1 Pet 1:25 : 25 But the Lord's word endures forever." This is the word of good news which was preached to you.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
  • Ps 102:25-27 : 25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. 27 But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
  • Rev 21:4 : 4 He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."