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What does the Bible say about making promises?

19 verses about making promises, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about making promises

Matthew 5:33 — Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 13 votes
Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 6 votes
James 5:12 — But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 6 votes
Deuteronomy 23:21 — When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. 5 votes
Proverbs 20:25 — It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. 4 votes
Psalms 15:4 — In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 5:1 — Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 3 votes
2 Corinthians 1:20 — For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 3 votes
Hebrews 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 3 votes
Genesis 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 2 votes
Leviticus 19:12 — And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 2 votes
Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 2 votes
Joshua 9:15 — And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. 2 votes
Judges 11:30 — And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 2 votes
1 Samuel 1:11 — And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 2 votes
Psalms 15:2 — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 2 votes
Matthew 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! 2 votes
Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 2 votes

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Numbers (2), Psalms (2), Ecclesiastes (2), Matthew (2), Genesis (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Acts (1) and 3 more

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