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Quotes About Pledge

Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
~ Matthew Prior
Balthazar pledged to die defending his royal house of Lumuatere. Finnikin swore to be their protector and guide for as long as he lived. Lucian vowed he would be the light whom they traveled toward in times of need.
~ Melina Marchetta
Men often swear to kill themselves, and yet Few of them, nowadays, make good their threat
~ Moliere
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
~ Norman Douglas
I swear it on my name and my power. I swear it by my good left hand. I swear it by the ever-moving moon.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
~ Genesis 38:17
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
~ Genesis 38:18
And if a woman in her fatherís house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
~ Numbers 30:3
and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
~ Numbers 30:4
Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
~ Numbers 30:13
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
~ Job 17:3
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
~ Proverbs 6:1
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
~ Proverbs 17:18
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
~ Proverbs 22:26
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!í
~ Ezekiel 17:18
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
~ 2 Corinthians 1:22
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
~ 2 Corinthians 5:5
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are Godís possession, to the praise of His glory.
~ Ephesians 1:14