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

²⁹ They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

³ And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

¹³ And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

¹⁴ And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

¹² I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

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.

¹¹⁵ Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

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

⁵ Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

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:

⁵ And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.