Bible Verses About Commitments

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

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.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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.

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.

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:

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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.

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.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

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: