Quotes About Commitment

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Keep the kingís command, I say, because of your oath before God.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my motherís house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?

My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.

I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.

I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.