Luke 16:17

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Luke 16:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

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Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Psalms 102:25

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalms 102:26

They 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.

Psalms 102:27

But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift 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.

Matthew 5:18

For 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.

2 Peter 3:10

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Revelation 20:11

Then 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.

Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Revelation 21:4

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.