Numbers 23:19

23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a human being, ¹  that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? ² 

Malachi 3:6

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

3:6 “Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, ³  you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ⁴ 

Romans 11:29

11:29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

James 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift ⁵  is from above, coming down ⁶  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “son of man.”

² tn The verb is the Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “to cause to rise; to make stand”). The meaning here is more of the sense of fulfilling the promises made.

³ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.

⁴ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

⁵ tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

⁶ tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

⁷ tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).