Bible Verses About Divine Commitment

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.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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

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

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

And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:

And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

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 I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

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.

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.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

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.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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.

Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

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;

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

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

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

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

And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: