Joshua 9:19

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Do what the king says, and don't make any rash promises to God.

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.

Jeremiah 4:2

it will be right for you to swear by my name. Then all the nations will ask me to bless them, and they will praise me.”

Joshua 9:18

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,

Joshua 9:20

We must let them live because of our promise; if we don't, God will punish us.