Bible Verses about “keeping your promise”
The Bible contains 26 verses about keeping your promise across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.”
“Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.”
“but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;”
“nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”
“"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,'”
“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.”
“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.”
“It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.”
“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.”
“let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.”
“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.”
“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.”
“But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.”
“Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?”
“As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.”
“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.”
“It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.”
“In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;”
“Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;”
“and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death."”
“The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."”
“When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.”
“Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.”
“There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.”
“They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.”
“"Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.”