For I am the Lord; I change not. (Mal. 3 : 6.)

I, the Lord, have spoken it; it shall come to pass, and I will do it. I

will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent. (Ezekiel

24 : 14.)

God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he

should repent. (Num. 23 : 19.)

God is Changeable.

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it

grieved him at his heart. (Gen. 6 : 6.)

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and

God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them,

and he did it not. (Jonah 3 : 10.)

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed, that thy house,

and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever; but now the

Lord saith, Be it far from me.... Behold, the days come that I will cut

off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house. (1 Sam. 2 : 30, 31.)

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah,

the son of Amoz, came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,

Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.... And it

came to pass afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the

word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Turn again and tell Hezekiah,

the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, ... I have heard thy

prayer, ... and I will add unto thy days, fifteen years. (2 Kings 20 :

1, 4, 5, 6.)

And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart and go up hence, thou and the

people.... For I will not go up in the midst of thee.... And the

Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing, also, that thou hast

spoken.... My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee

rest. (Ex. 33 : 1, 3, 17, 14.)

God is Just and Impartial.

The Lord is upright, ... and there is no unrighteousness in

him. (Ps. 92 : 15.)

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