Bible Verses About Making Agreements

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

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

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 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;

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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.

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

And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

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.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

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.

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

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:

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

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

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

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; between the king also and the people.

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

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord’s people.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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.

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.