1 Samuel 15:29

Samuel affirms that God, the Glory of Israel, does not lie or change his mind like a man. It assures that God's verdict against Saul is unchangeable and his character utterly reliable.

Cross-references · 15

• Num 23:19God 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?
• Ezek 24:14I, 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.
• Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
• 2 Tim 2:13If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.”
• Heb 6:18that 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.
• Ps 95:11Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”
• Joel 3:16Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
• 2 Cor 12:9He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Isa 45:24They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’” Even to him shall men come; and all those who raged against him shall be disappointed.
• Ps 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
• Deut 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
• Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
• 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
• Ps 29:11Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
• Num 14:28–29Tell them, ‘As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

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