Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
To bind
Bible References
Swear
Matthew 5:33
Again ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, "Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths."
Matthew 14:7
whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
Acts 23:12
And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
2 Corinthians 1:23
But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;
2 Corinthians 9:9
as it is written: "He dispersed abroad, he gave to the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever."
To bind
Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gold of the temple, is bound.