Bible Verses About Keeping Your Word

“Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.”

“Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.”

“Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.”

“Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.”

“I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.”

“Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

“If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.”

“Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.”

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

“But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.”

“But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

“Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.”

“If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.”

“Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

“You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.”

“He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.”

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.”

“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.”

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.”

“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”

“It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.”

“Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.”

“God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?”

“I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.”

“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

“So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.”

“When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.”

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.”

“You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

“For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.”

“For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.”

“And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.”

“For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.”

“Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

“Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.”

“And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.”

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

“And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

“And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.”

“For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.”

“Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.”

“The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.”

“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred? So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.”

“I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”