Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About keeping your word
9 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about keeping your word? Browse 9 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Matthew 5:37 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.” |
9 Key Scriptures
“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”
Matthew 5:37KJV
“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.”
“But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”
1 John 2:5KJV
“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 5:33KJV
“And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.”
Numbers 30:1KJV
“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.”
“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.”
James 5:12KJV
“Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.”
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
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