Numbers 30:2 (WEB)
When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“But what means, “Thou shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths?”” — editor's note: See Num. xxx. 2; Deut. xxiii. 23.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But no one learns, unless he has had experience, how difficult it is both to get rid of a habit of swearing, and never to do rashly what necessity sometimes compels him to do.” — editor's note: Augustin is somewhat perplexed about the meaning, but decides the injunction to be directed against the abuse of the oath, not to forbid it wholly. The oath…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.17.
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