making promises

Genesis Chapter 28:20

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,

Genesis Chapter 28:21

So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

Genesis Chapter 28:22

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Leviticus Chapter 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Numbers Chapter 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Numbers Chapter 30:2

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.

Deuteronomy Chapter 23:21

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.

Deuteronomy Chapter 23:22

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

Deuteronomy Chapter 23:23

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.

Joshua Chapter 9:15

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.

Judges Chapter 11:30

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

Judges Chapter 11:31

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.

1 Samuel Chapter 1:11

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

Psalm Chapter 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Psalm Chapter 15:3

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Psalm Chapter 15:4

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.

Psalm Chapter 15:5

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Proverbs Chapter 20:25

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:3

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:4

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.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:5

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

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:6

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:7

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Matthew Chapter 5:33

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:

Matthew Chapter 5:34

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Matthew Chapter 5:35

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Matthew Chapter 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew Chapter 5:37

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

Matthew Chapter 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Matthew Chapter 23:17

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Matthew Chapter 23:18

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Matthew Chapter 23:19

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Matthew Chapter 23:20

Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Matthew Chapter 23:21

And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Matthew Chapter 23:22

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

2 Corinthians Chapter 1:20

For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Hebrews Chapter 6:13

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

Hebrews Chapter 6:14

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Hebrews Chapter 6:15

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Hebrews Chapter 6:16

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

Hebrews Chapter 6:17

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

Hebrews Chapter 6:18

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

James Chapter 5:12

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.