Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

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Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

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Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Numbers 30:2
When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

Numbers 30:3
If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

Psalms 50:14
Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

Proverbs 20:25
It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Psalms 76:11
Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Psalms 116:18
I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.

Psalms 66:13
I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

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Deuteronomy 23:21
When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.

Deuteronomy 23:22
But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

Deuteronomy 23:23
Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

Acts 5:4
While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.


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