Theology & Doctrine

Bible Verses About breaking covenants

17 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about breaking covenants. This collection of 17 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

17
Total Verses
High
Study Depth
Daily
Application

Translation Comparison

TranslationKey Verse: Ecclesiastes 5:4
King James (KJV)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.

17 Key Scriptures

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.
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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. covenant: or, testament
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? fightings: or, brawlings lusts: or, pleasures
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

Test Your Knowledge of breaking covenants

See how well you know what the Bible says about this topic.

Browse Quizzes

Explore Further

Related Topics