Joshua 9:20

The Passion Translation

We must let them live for fear that God’s anger will come upon us because of the oath we swore to them.” So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel, as their leaders had decreed.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

Be careful in making a rash promise before God, or you may be trapped by your vow and live to regret it.

Romans 1:31

They are senseless, faithless, ruthless, heartless, and completely merciless.

1 Timothy 1:10

rapists, those who are sexually impure, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, those who break their oaths, and all those who oppose the teaching of godliness and purity in the church! They are the ones the law is for.

Joshua 9:19

but the leaders told the assembly of Israel, “We cannot touch them, for we swore an oath to them in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.