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 

Psalms 92:14-15

92:14 They bear fruit even when they are old;

they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ³ 

92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,

is just and never unfair. ⁴ 

Titus 1:2

1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. ⁵ 

Hebrews 6:18

6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ⁶  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

Hebrews 6:1

6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond ⁷  the elementary ⁸  instructions about Christ ⁹  and move on ¹⁰  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

Hebrews 1:9

1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.

So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions ¹¹  with the oil of rejoicing.” ¹² 

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 “they are juicy and fresh.”

⁴ tn Heb “so that [they] proclaim that upright [is] the Lord, my rocky summit, and there is no injustice in him.”

⁵ tn Grk “before eternal ages.”

⁶ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.

⁷ tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.

⁸ tn Or “basic.”

⁹ tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”

¹¹ sn God…has anointed you over your companions. God’s anointing gives the son a superior position and authority over his fellows.

¹² sn A quotation from Ps 45:6-7.