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Leviticus 19:12
“‘ Do not give your word in my name and then be a false witness. That would be treating the name of your God as if it were not holy. I am the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 5:11
“ Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will find guilty anyone who misuses his name.
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James 5:12
My brothers and sisters, here is what is most important. Don’t make a promise by giving your word. Don’t promise by heaven or earth. And don’t promise by anything else to back up what you say. All you need to say is a simple“ Yes” or“ No.” If you do more than this, you will be judged.
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Jeremiah 4:2
Make all your promises in my name. When you promise say,‘ You can be sure that the Lord is alive.’ Be truthful, fair and honest when you make these promises. Then the nations will ask for blessings from me. And they will boast about me.”
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Matthew 5:33-37
“ Again, you have heard what was said to your people long ago. They were told,‘ Do not break the promises you make to the Lord. Keep your promises to the Lord that you have made.’But here is what I tell you. Do not make any promises like that at all. Do not make them in the name of heaven. That is God’s throne.Do not make them in the name of the earth. That is the stool for God’s feet. Do not make them in the name of Jerusalem. That is the city of the Great King.And do not make a promise in your own name. You can’t make even one hair of your head white or black.All you need to say is simply‘ Yes’ or‘ No.’ Anything more than this comes from the evil one.
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Hebrews 6:16-17
People promise things by someone greater than themselves. Giving your word makes a promise certain. It puts an end to all arguing.So God gave his word when he made his promise. He wanted to make it very clear that his purpose does not change. He wanted those who would receive what was promised to know this.
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Joshua 2:12
“ Now then, please give me your word. Promise me in the name of the Lord that you will be kind to my family. I’ve been kind to you. Promise me
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Joshua 2:17
The spies had said to her,“ You made us give our word. But we won’t keep our promise
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Matthew 26:63-64
But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him,“ I am commanding you in the name of the living God. May he judge you if you don’t tell the truth. Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”“ You have said so,” Jesus replied.“ But here is what I say to all of you. From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”
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Psalms 50:14-16
Bring me thank offerings, because I am your God. Carry out the promises you made to me, because I am the Most High God.Call out to me when trouble comes. I will save you. And you will honor me.”But here is what God says to a sinful person.“ What right do you have to speak the words of my laws? How dare you speak the words of my covenant!
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Joshua 9:20
But here is what we’ll do to them. We’ll let them live. Then the Lord won’t be angry with us because we didn’t keep our promise.”
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Matthew 23:16-22
“ How terrible for you, blind guides! You say,‘ If anyone makes a promise in the name of the temple, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gold of the temple must keep that promise.’You are blind and foolish! Which is more important? Is it the gold? Or is it the temple that makes the gold holy?You also say,‘ If anyone makes a promise in the name of the altar, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gift on the altar must keep that promise.’You are blind! Which is more important? Is it the gift? Or is it the altar that makes the gift holy?So anyone making a promise in the name of the altar makes a promise in the name of it and everything on it.And anyone making a promise in the name of the temple makes a promise in the name of it and the one who lives in it.And anyone making a promise in the name of heaven makes a promise in the name of God’s throne and the one who sits on it.
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Leviticus 24:11-16
The son of the Israelite woman spoke evil things against the Lord by using a curse. So the people brought him to Moses. The name of the man’s mother was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Dibri. Dibri was from the tribe of Dan.The people kept her son under guard until they could find out what the Lord wanted them to do.Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ Get the man who spoke evil things against the Lord. Take him outside the camp. All those who heard him say those things must place their hands on his head. Then the whole community must kill him by throwing stones at him.Say to the Israelites,‘ Anyone who curses me will be held accountable.Anyone who speaks evil things against my Name must be put to death. The whole community must kill them by throwing stones at them. It does not matter whether they are an outsider or an Israelite. When they speak evil things against my Name, they must be put to death.
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Deuteronomy 10:20
Honor the Lord your God. Serve him. Remain true to him. When you make promises, do so in his name.
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Proverbs 30:9
If you don’t, I might have too much. Then I might say I don’t know you. I might say,‘ Who is the Lord?’ Or I might become poor and steal. Then I would bring shame to the name of my God.
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2 Corinthians 1 23
I call God to be my witness. May he take my life if I’m lying. I wanted to spare you, so I didn’t return to Corinth.
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2 Samuel 21 1-2 Samuel 21 2
For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said,“ It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”The people of Gibeon weren’t a part of Israel. Instead, they were some of the Amorites who were still left alive. The Israelites had promised to spare them. But Saul had tried to put an end to them. That’s because he wanted to make Israel and Judah strong. So now King David sent for the people of Gibeon and spoke to them.
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1 Kings 2 9
But now I want you to think of him as guilty. You are wise. You will know what to do to him. Don’t let him live to become an old man. Put him to death.”
