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Bible Verses about “keeping promises

Found 19 verses (ordered by relevance) about “keeping promises” in the WEB version of the Bible

2 Peter 3:9
344 votes

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Matthew 5:37
332 votes

But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

Matthew 5:36
274 votes

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:34
225 votes

but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

Matthew 5:35
225 votes

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew 5:33
220 votes

"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

James 5:12
164 votes

But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.

Numbers 30:2
130 votes

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:5
91 votes

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Ecclesiastes 5:4
88 votes

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Hebrews 10:23
71 votes

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Deuteronomy 23:21
52 votes

When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:23
48 votes

That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering, which you have promised with your mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:22
46 votes

But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

Numbers 23:19
40 votes

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

2 Corinthians 1:20
37 votes

For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.

Psalms 89:34
17 votes

I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

Joshua 21:45
5 votes

Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

Joshua 23:14
4 votes

"Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.