⁴ It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

¹¹ Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

¹³ I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

¹⁴ Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

² And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

¹⁴ Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

³³ Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

⁶ You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

¹⁰ If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

⁹ The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.

²¹ And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.

¹⁰ He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy.

¹⁰⁶ I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

¹⁶ O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

¹⁷ I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.

¹⁸ I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

¹⁴ I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

²¹ When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.

²² But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

²³ Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

³ And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

¹ And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

²⁰ Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,