Bible Verses About Making Promises
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for making promises, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,513 votes, led by Matthew 5:33-37. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Making Promises
Matthew 5:33-37392 votes
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:
Numbers 30:2182 votes
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.
James 5:12170 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23132 votes
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.
Proverbs 20:25118 votes
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
2 Corinthians 1:20101 votes
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Ecclesiastes 5:1-796 votes
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.
Psalms 15:492 votes
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-590 votes
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.
Hebrews 6:13-1872 votes
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Numbers 23:1963 votes
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?
Joshua 9:1557 votes
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.
Genesis 28:20-2256 votes
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,
Leviticus 19:1256 votes
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Judges 11:30-3156 votes
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
1 Samuel 1:1156 votes
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.
Matthew 23:16-2256 votes
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!
Ecclesiastes 5:4-651 votes
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.
Psalms 15:2-546 votes
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Acts 23:1244 votes
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Deuteronomy 23:2142 votes
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.
Judges 11:30-3941 votes
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
2 Peter 3:941 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Judges 11:3536 votes
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.
Jeremiah 11:3-536 votes
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
What does the Bible say about making promises?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:33-37 on the subject of making promises. Across 2,513 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Numbers 30:2, James 5:12, Deuteronomy 23:21-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.