5 Bible Verses about People Promising

so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction.

and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.