Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Oh no! My daughter! You have terribly burdened me! You've joined those who are causing me trouble, because I've given my word to the LORD, and I cannot go back on it.

Genesis 37:29-30

Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,

Genesis 37:34-35

So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.

Genesis 42:36-38

Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"

Leviticus 27:28-29

However, any devoted thing that a person consecrates to the LORD from what he owns whether man, animals, or inherited fields is not to be sold or redeemed. Any devoted thing is most sacred. It belongs to the LORD.

Numbers 30:2-5

"When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath an obligation that is binding to himself he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.'"

Judges 21:1-7

Now the people of Israel had taken a vow in Mizpah that went like this: "Not even one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a descendant of Benjamin!"

1 Samuel 14:44-45

Saul said, "May God do this to me and even more, if you don't surely die, Jonathan!"

2 Samuel 13:30-31

While they were still on the road, this rumor came to David: "Absalom has struck down all of the king's sons and none of them has survived."

2 Samuel 18:33

Deeply shaken, the king went up to the chamber overlooking the city gate, weeping bitterly and crying out as he went along, "My son Absalom! My son! My son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom my son, my son!"

Job 1:20

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low,

Psalm 15:4

The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,

Ecclesiastes 5:2-6

Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.

Matthew 14:7-9

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for.

Acts 23:14

They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

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Summary

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

Bible References

Rent his clothes

Genesis 37:29
Later, when Reuben returned to the cistern, Joseph wasn't there! In mounting panic, he tore his clothes,
Genesis 42:36
Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"
2 Samuel 13:30
While they were still on the road, this rumor came to David: "Absalom has struck down all of the king's sons and none of them has survived."
2 Samuel 18:33
Deeply shaken, the king went up to the chamber overlooking the city gate, weeping bitterly and crying out as he went along, "My son Absalom! My son! My son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom my son, my son!"
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low,

Have opened

Leviticus 27:28
However, any devoted thing that a person consecrates to the LORD from what he owns whether man, animals, or inherited fields is not to be sold or redeemed. Any devoted thing is most sacred. It belongs to the LORD.
Numbers 30:2
"When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath an obligation that is binding to himself he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.'"
Psalm 15:4
The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Don't be impulsive with your mouth nor be in a hurry to talk in God's presence. Since God is in heaven and you're on earth, keep your speech short.

I cannot

Judges 21:1
Now the people of Israel had taken a vow in Mizpah that went like this: "Not even one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a descendant of Benjamin!"
1 Samuel 14:44
Saul said, "May God do this to me and even more, if you don't surely die, Jonathan!"
Matthew 14:7
so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for.
Acts 23:14
They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

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