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20 Bible Verses About Commitment

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Summary

  • Joshua 24:15 and Deuteronomy 30:19-20 present commitment to God as a public choice, with the people or heaven and earth called as witnesses.
  • Psalm 37:5 and Proverbs 16:3 use the word itself: “Commit your way to the Lord” and “Commit to the Lord whatever you do.”
  • Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 says a vow to God should be paid without delay and that it is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
  • Jesus quotes Genesis 2:24 when asked about divorce and adds, “what God has joined together, let no one separate” (Matthew 19:6).
  • Psalm 89:34 and 2 Timothy 2:13 describe God’s commitment as holding even when his people fail.

The Bible treats commitment as a choice made in the open and then kept. Joshua asks Israel to “choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” (Joshua 24:15), and Ruth binds herself to Naomi with an oath (Ruth 1:16-17). Psalm 37:5 says “Commit your way to the Lord,” and Proverbs 16:3 says “Commit to the Lord whatever you do.” Marriage is called a covenant in Malachi 2:14, and Genesis 2:24 is the verse Jesus quotes when asked about divorce.…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The King James Version is quoted once, for its rendering of Malachi 2:16.

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