The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. (Is. 40:8)
Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor she brought forth her children. (Is. 66:8)
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Is. 5:20)
… I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness... (Rom. 7:7–8)
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. (1 John 2:16)
…they are … unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord [they] say to … the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right; tell us nice things, tell us lies” (Is. 30:9–10)
For I am the Lord, I do not change... (Mal. 3:6)
He swears to his own hurt and does not change; (Psa. 15:4)