Reference: Bond
Easton
an obligation of any kind (Nu 30:2,4,12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps 116:16; Php 1:7). Christian love is the "bond of perfectness" (Col 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the "bond of peace" (Eph 4:3).
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"If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
and her father hears her vow and her obligation by which she has bound herself, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she has bound herself shall stand.
"But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her.
O LORD, surely I am Your servant, I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid, You have loosed my bonds.
For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.
Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
Hastings
1. See Band. 2. See Bill. 3. See Chain.