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The term "unerring" refers to the quality of being without error or fault. In a biblical context, this attribute is often ascribed to God, His Word, and His divine actions. The concept of unerring is foundational to understanding the nature of God and the reliability of Scripture.

God's Unerring Nature

God is depicted throughout the Bible as perfect and without error. His omniscience and omnipotence ensure that His actions and judgments are flawless. In Deuteronomy 32:4, God is described as "The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He." This verse underscores the unerring nature of God, emphasizing His perfect justice and righteousness.

The Unerring Word of God

The Scriptures are often regarded as the unerring Word of God, inspired and infallible. In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, it is stated, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work." This passage highlights the divine origin and reliability of the Bible, affirming its role as an unerring guide for faith and practice.

Psalm 19:7 also speaks to the perfection of God's Word: "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple." Here, the psalmist acknowledges the flawless nature of God's law, which provides wisdom and spiritual renewal.

Unerring Guidance

Believers are encouraged to trust in God's unerring guidance. Proverbs 3:5-6 advises, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." This passage reassures believers that reliance on God's wisdom, rather than human understanding, leads to a righteous and error-free path.

Unerring Fulfillment of Prophecy

The Bible contains numerous prophecies that have been fulfilled with unerring accuracy, further attesting to the divine nature of Scripture. Isaiah 46:10 declares, "I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.'" This verse highlights God's sovereign ability to declare and bring about future events with precision.

Unerring Justice and Judgment

God's unerring justice is a recurring theme in the Bible. In Romans 2:6, it is written, "God 'will repay each one according to his deeds.'" This assurance of perfect justice reflects God's unerring ability to judge rightly, rewarding righteousness and punishing wickedness without partiality.

Conclusion

The concept of unerring is integral to understanding the character of God and the trustworthiness of His Word. Through His perfect nature, infallible Scriptures, and flawless guidance, God provides a foundation of truth and reliability for believers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.
Greek
361. anamartetos -- unerring, faultless
... unerring, faultless. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anamartetos Phonetic
Spelling: (an-am-ar'-tay-tos) Short Definition: without blame, faultless ...
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Library

God must First be Known by an Unerring Faith, that He May be Loved ...
... Book VIII. Chapter 4."God Must First Be Known by an Unerring Faith, that
He May Be Loved. 6. But it is by love that we must stand ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 4 god must first be.htm

A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity: Or, an Exhortation to ...
... solemn inquiry, What must I do to be saved?' flies from his own estimate of himself,
with distrust and fear, and appeals to an infallible and unerring scrutiny ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a holy life the beauty.htm

The Carrion and the Vultures
... so, says Christ, wherever there is a rotting, dead society, a carcase hopelessly
corrupt and evil, down upon it, as if drawn by some unerring attraction, will ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the carrion and the vultures.htm

Letter Li. (AD 399 or 400. )
... Let me ask, therefore, why you have received back men whom you condemned for the
crime of schism by the "unerring voice of your plenary Council" (I quote from ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter li a d 399 or.htm

The Gospel Cordial
... The medicine you have to drink is very bitter, but the unerring Physician measured
all the ingredients drop by drop, and then mixed them in the very way in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the gospel cordial.htm

The Investigative Judgment.
... By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."(
846) The secret purposes and motives appear in the unerring register; for God ...
/.../28 the investigative judgment.htm

Facing Life's Record
... The secret purposes and motives appear in the unerring register; for God "will bring
to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 28 facing lifes record.htm

Witnessing in Power.
... is done. THE UNERRING GUIDE. I ... the guide. And so should the Christian be
linked to His unerring Guide, and be safely upheld. Why ...
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The Future State a Self-Conscious State.
... beyond this, every man will constantly and distinctly know what he is, and what
he is not, because he will "be known" by the omniscient and unerring God, and ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/the future state a self-conscious.htm

Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Tradition and ...
... [322] The past is irreversibly settled, and in all future controversies on faith
and morals we must look to the same unerring tribunal in the Vatican. ...
/.../ 34 papal infallibility explained.htm

Thesaurus
Unerring (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing;
as, the unerring wisdom of God. ...Unerring (1 Occurrence). ...
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Know (8133 Occurrences)
... life eternal" (John 17:3). Knowledge is affirmed of both God and man, but with the
wide contrast that God's knowledge is absolute, unerring, complete, intuitive ...
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Knowledge
... life eternal" (John 17:3). Knowledge is affirmed of both God and man, but with the
wide contrast that God's knowledge is absolute, unerring, complete, intuitive ...
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Unequally (1 Occurrence)

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Unestablished (1 Occurrence)

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Infallible (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not capable of erring; entirely exempt
from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. 2. (a.) Not ...
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Dead (580 Occurrences)
... 8. (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. 9. (a.) Sure
as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. 10. ...
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Permit (36 Occurrences)
... saw the creature hanging to his hand, they said to one another, "Beyond doubt this
man is a murderer, for, though saved from the sea, unerring Justice does not ...
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Air (74 Occurrences)
... In his conflict with the lower life represented by the body, Paul compares himself
to a boxer who aims with unerring accuracy at his opponent. ...
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Stork (6 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah alludes to this (Jeremiah 8:7). At the appointed time they return with
unerring sagacity to their old haunts, and re-occupy their old nests. ...
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Unerring (1 Occurrence)

Acts 28:4
When the natives saw the creature hanging to his hand, they said to one another, "Beyond doubt this man is a murderer, for, though saved from the sea, unerring Justice does not permit him to live."
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