Verse 4

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

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, 14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 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.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 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. 22 But if you take no oath, there will be no sin. 23 Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
  • Gen 28:20 : 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,
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.
  • Ps 116:14 : 14 I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken. 17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. 18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.