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 heard that it was said to the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths;"
Matthew 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
Acts 23:12
And, when it was day, the Jews, making a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.
2 Corinthians 1:23
But I invoke God as a witness upon my soul, that, as sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 9:9
as it has been written, "He scattered abroad, he gave to the poor; his righteousness abides forever."
To bind
Matthew 23:16
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whosoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!'