Quotes About Commitment

So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.

Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Suppose someone says to God, ëI have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.