Hebrews 6:18

WEB

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.

KJV

¹⁸That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

BSB

¹⁸Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

FBV

¹⁸So by these two actions^[+] that can't be changed, and since it's impossible for God to lie, we can have total confidence, having run for safety to take hold of the hope God presented to us.

Extra References

Numbers 23:19

¹⁹God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?

Titus 1:2

²in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

1 Samuel 15:29

²⁹Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

2 Timothy 2:13

¹³If we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he can’t deny himself.”

Romans 3:4

⁴May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

Psalms 46:1

¹God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Joshua 20:3

³that the man slayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

Isaiah 51:12

¹²“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?

Isaiah 32:1-2

¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. ²A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

1 John 1:10

¹⁰If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.