100 Bible Verses About Commitment
Bible verses about Commitment
Delve into the heart of commitment through the timeless wisdom of scripture. These verses illuminate the profound significance of steadfast dedication, not just to earthly endeavors, but most importantly, to God and His divine will. Explore how commitment, rooted in faith, shapes our character, strengthens our relationships, and guides us toward a life of purpose and unwavering devotion. Let the scriptures inspire you to embrace commitment as a pathway to spiritual growth, deeper connection with the divine, and a testament to the enduring power of love and faithfulness in all aspects of your journey.
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Exodus 26:11 (KJV)
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
Staying True: Bible Verses on Commitment
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.
And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
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.
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him.
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass,
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
The Bible's verses on commitment paint a powerful picture of unwavering dedication – to God, to others, and to our own values. From steadfast loyalty in relationships, exemplified by Ruth's devotion to Naomi, to the promise of God's enduring faithfulness to His people, illustrated throughout the Old and New Testaments, these passages offer timeless wisdom. Committing to a path, a person, or a principle requires courage, perseverance, and a willingness to prioritize long-term goals over short-term gratification. Reflecting upon these verses should prompt introspection: Where are we wavering in our commitments? What steps can we take to strengthen our resolve and live more authentically in alignment with our beliefs? May these scriptural examples inspire us to embrace commitment not as a burden, but as a pathway to deeper meaning, stronger relationships, and a life more fully lived in service to God and others.