Keeping Promises

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Numbers 30:2
If a man vow a vow to 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 proceeds out of his mouth.
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2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yes, yes; No, no: for whatever is more than these comes of evil.
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Psalm 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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Romans 10:9
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
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Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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On those Attributes of God which have Some Analogy to the Moral ...
... And (3.) Fidelity, by which he is constant in keeping promises and in communicating
privileges, to which are opposed inconstancy and perfidy. VI. ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xxi on those attributes.htm

In Our Outward Life Towards Men the Psalmist Also is an Admirable ...
... of the righteous, in speaking of His testimonies without cowardice or shame even
before princes, in delighting in the saints, in keeping promises though made ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/93 in our outward life.htm

Promises and Threatenings
... In verses 3-5 God promises blessed results from clinging to Him and keeping His
statutes; in verses 6-9 He mercifully threatens the tragic issues of departure. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/promises and threatenings.htm

The Fifth Book Promises to Speak of the Words Contained in The
... Book V. Section 1. The fifth book promises to speak of the words contained in the. ...
it may be that they too will be found not to be out of keeping with the aim ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 1 the fifth book.htm

Keeping the Law; the Jews' Glorying; the Fear of Punishment; the ...
... A Treatise on the spirit and the letter, Chapter 13 [VIII.]"Keeping the Law; The
Jews ... that he is called a Jew, but by no means fulfils what he promises to do. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 13 viii keeping the law.htm

The Third Rule Relates to the Promises and the Law...
... The third rule relates to the promises and the law, and may be designated in other
terms ... far our own that it did not come to us from God; not keeping in mind ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 46 the third rule.htm

Of Prayer in the Name of Christ. He Promises the Spirit of Truth ...
... these final discourses, promises alternate with duties; so now he points out an
essential requisite on their part"love, proved in keeping his commandments ...
/.../section 274 of prayer in.htm

Keeping and Kept
... The former of these texts imposes a stringent duty, the latter promises divine help
to ... We must be kept by God, if we are ever to succeed in keeping our wayward ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/keeping and kept.htm

What is Your Word Worth?
... If you value your word, it will make you careful about your promises"careful in
making them, careful in keeping them. Do not make rash promises. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fifteen what is your.htm

A Covenant God
... truly knows God as his Covenant God; who knows what the Covenant promises him; what ...
him; what a claim and hold it gives him on the Covenant-keeping God Himself ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the two covenants/chapter i a covenant god.htm

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