Joshua 9:18

Good News Translation

But the Israelites could not kill them, because their leaders had made a solemn promise to them in the name of the Lord, Israel's God. All the people complained to the leaders about this,

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:7

But because of the sacred promise that he and Jonathan had made to each other, David spared Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul.

Psalm 15:4

They despise those whom God rejects, but honor those who obey the Lord. They always do what they promise, no matter how much it may cost.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Don't let your own words lead you into sin, so that you have to tell God's priest that you didn't mean it. Why make God angry with you? Why let him destroy what you have worked for?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

It makes no difference. The same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the bad, to those who are religious and those who are not, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. A good person is no better off than a sinner; one who takes an oath is no better off than one who does not.

Numbers 30:3

When a young woman still living in her father's house makes a vow to give something to the Lord or promises to abstain from something,

Deuteronomy 23:22

It is no sin not to make a vow to the Lord,

Deuteronomy 23:23

but if you make one voluntarily, be sure that you keep it.

Deuteronomy 23:24

“When you walk along a path in someone else's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but you must not carry any away in a container.

Joshua 9:17

So the people of Israel started out and three days later arrived at the cities where these people lived: Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.

Joshua 9:19

but they answered, “We have made our solemn promise to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. Now we cannot harm them.