Bible Verses about “keeping your word”
The Bible contains 17 verses about keeping your word 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 whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:”
“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.”
“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.”
“Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.”
“"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.”
“It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned:”