Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Rent his clothes

Genesis 37:29
Then Reuben returned to the pit and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he tore his clothes.
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me--Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you would take! All of this [is] against me!
2 Samuel 13:30
{While they were on the way}, the message came to David, "Absalom has killed all the sons of the king, and not one of them [was] left."
2 Samuel 18:33
The king was upset, and he went up to the upper room of the gate and wept. He said as he went, "My son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom. {If only} I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son."
Job 1:20
Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; {then} he fell upon the ground and he worshiped.

Have opened

Leviticus 27:28
However, anything devoted that a man has devoted to Yahweh {from all that he has}, from human or animal, or from the field of his property, may not be sold, and it may not be redeemed; anything devoted [is] {a most holy thing} for Yahweh.
Numbers 30:2
if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth.
Psalm 15:4
In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you [are] on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

I cannot

Judges 21:1
The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, "None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife."
1 Samuel 14:44
Then Saul said, "So may God do [to me] and {more}, you will certainly die today, Jonathan!"
Matthew 14:7
Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
Acts 23:14
who went to the chief priests and the elders [and] said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to partake of nothing until we have killed Paul