Bible Verses About Commitment
This collection includes 58 passages about Commitment. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
This collection is a starting point, not a count of every relevant passage in the Bible.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Reading context: Marriage commitment: leaving parents and cleaving to wife as one flesh.
Scripture Passages
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Reading context: Covenant obligation: Abraham and his descendants must keep God's covenant.
My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
Reading context: God commends Moses as faithful in all His house, a direct model of faithful service.
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.
Reading context: Vow/oath to the Lord must not be broken; do all that was promised.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
Reading context: Cleaving to the Lord is a clear picture of wholehearted commitment and faithfulness.
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Reading context: God's covenant faithfulness and mercy to those who love and obey him; central model of commitment.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Reading context: Calls for fear, service, and cleaving to God—wholehearted covenant loyalty.
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Reading context: Calls for diligent obedience, love, and cleaving to the Lord.
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Reading context: Exhorts walking after, obeying, serving, and cleaving to the Lord; clear covenant loyalty.
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.
Reading context: Requires prompt fulfillment of vows to God; commitment in speech.
That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Reading context: Love, obey, and cleave to the Lord as life; an explicit call to covenant commitment.
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Reading context: Diligent heed, love, obedience, cleaving, and wholehearted service to God; strong commitment exhortation.
But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Reading context: Cleave to the Lord: Israel's covenant loyalty and dedication to God.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Reading context: Ruth’s pledge to stay with Naomi and adopt her people and God; a classic expression of loyal commitment.
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
Reading context: Josiah's covenant to walk after the Lord and keep his commands wholeheartedly.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Reading context: Directly calls for committing one’s way to the Lord and trusting Him to act; context reinforces trust.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Reading context: Directly urges committing one’s works to the Lord; context contrasts self-assessment with God establishing thoughts.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Reading context: Everlasting covenant: God will not turn away and will keep his people from departing.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Reading context: God's everlasting betrothal—covenant commitment in righteousness, judgment, kindness, mercies.
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Reading context: Betrothal in faithfulness; God's steadfast commitment to his people.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Reading context: Marriage commitment: leaving parents and cleaving to wife as one flesh.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Reading context: Abide in Christ: enduring union and dependence pictured by branch in vine.
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Reading context: Apostles devote themselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word.
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Reading context: Barnabas exhorts believers to cleave to the Lord with purpose of heart; direct call to committed devotion.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Reading context: Faithfulness is the essential requirement for stewards entrusted with God's mysteries.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Reading context: Exhorts steadfast, unmovable, abounding labor in the Lord.
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Reading context: Charge to guard the gospel deposit entrusted, by the Holy Spirit.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Reading context: Persevering faith: holding initial confidence steadfast to the end in Christ.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Reading context: Hold fast the profession of faith without wavering because God is faithful.
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Reading context: Exhorts sufferers to entrust their souls to God while doing good; direct commitment to a faithful Creator.
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Reading context: Mutual covenant between Laban and Jacob, a formal commitment witnessed by God.
But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Reading context: Joseph refuses sin despite entrusted authority; context shows faithful commitment to God and his master.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Reading context: Upholds marital faithfulness; adultery violates covenant commitment to a spouse.
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Reading context: Willing lifelong service out of love; illustrates committed devotion.
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Reading context: Upholds marital faithfulness; adultery violates covenant commitment to a spouse.
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Reading context: Jephthah's vow to the Lord—a serious, though later tragic, commitment.
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
Reading context: God promises a faithful priest who will do His heart and mind and walk before His anointed; a clear picture of enduring faithfulness.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
Reading context: Solomon resolves to build the Lord's house as God promised David; a clear purpose/commitment to a God-given task.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Reading context: God’s sworn covenant with David expresses His faithful commitment; context celebrates covenant loyalty.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Reading context: God promises to keep mercy and covenant firm with David; a clear statement of covenant commitment.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Reading context: God vows not to break or alter His covenant; directly displays His unwavering commitment.
Read every passage in this collection (58)
Each reference opens its full verse with chapter context, saving and practice.
- Genesis 2:24
- Genesis 17:9
- Numbers 12:7
- Numbers 30:2
- Deuteronomy 4:4
- Deuteronomy 7:9
- Deuteronomy 10:20
- Deuteronomy 11:22
- Deuteronomy 13:4
- Deuteronomy 23:21
- Deuteronomy 30:20
- Joshua 22:5
- Joshua 23:8
- Ruth 1:16
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
- Psalms 37:5
- Proverbs 16:3
- Jeremiah 32:40
- Hosea 2:19
- Hosea 2:20
- Mark 10:7
- John 15:4
- Acts 6:4
- Acts 11:23
- 1 Corinthians 4:2
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 2 Timothy 1:14
- Hebrews 3:14
- Hebrews 10:23
- 1 Peter 4:19
- Genesis 31:44
- Genesis 39:8
- Exodus 20:14
- Exodus 21:5
- Deuteronomy 5:18
- Judges 11:30
- 1 Samuel 2:35
- 1 Kings 5:5
- Psalms 89:3
- Psalms 89:28
- Psalms 89:34
- Psalms 119:106
- Psalms 119:112
- Jeremiah 42:5
- Luke 9:57
- Luke 16:11
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
- 1 Corinthians 7:10
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
- 2 Timothy 2:2
- Titus 3:8
- Hebrews 6:12
- 2 Peter 1:10
- Leviticus 27:2
- 1 Corinthians 7:20
- 2 Thessalonians 3:4
- Hebrews 13:5
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These 58 English KJV passages were kept from 120 candidates after each was read with its neighbouring verses and checked for relevance to commitment. Verses that only shared a word, or named a related but different thing, were left out. This is a machine-assisted selection, not every passage on the subject.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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58 KJV passages, each checked with its neighbouring verses for relevance to commitment. Open chapter context, save a verse, or practise with it. Read the surrounding chapter to understand the speaker, audience, and setting before drawing a conclusion.
Does this collection include every relevant passage?
No. Each of these 58 passages was checked against its surrounding verses in a machine-assisted relevance review; verses that only shared a word or a related number were left out. Other passages may also speak to commitment.
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