Matthew 24:35
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.”
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“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
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Other passages that echo Matthew 24:35 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
- Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Isaiah 55:11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Jeremiah 31:35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
- Daniel 4:28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
- Matthew 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Hebrews 1:11They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
- 1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Revelation 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
- Revelation 6:14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
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