Command 8: Keep Your Word
Bible verses for meditation
In addition to meditation on Matthew 5:37, meditating on the verses below will provide you with further insight and understanding of Christ’s command: Keep Your Word.
Psalm 15:1–2, 4
“LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. … He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.”
Psalm 101:7
“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”
Exodus 20:16
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
Ephesians 4:25
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
Ecclesiastes 5:4–5
“When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
Proverbs 10:19
“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”
Psalm 19:14
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”