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Jdg 11:35 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

rent his clothes		Gen 37:29,30,34,35; Gen 42:36-38; 2Sa 13:30,31; 2Sa 18:33; Job 1:20
have opened		Lev 27:28,29; Num 30:2-5; Psa 15:4; Ecc 5:2-6
I cannot		Jdg 21:1-7; 1Sa 14:44,45; Mat 14:7-9; Act 23:14

Correlating Passages

rent his clothes

	Gen 37:29	And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
	Gen 37:30	And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?
	Gen 37:34	And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
	Gen 37:35	And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
	Gen 42:36	And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
	Gen 42:37	And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
	Gen 42:38	And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
	2Sa 13:30	And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
	2Sa 13:31	Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
	2Sa 18:33	And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
	Job 1:20	Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

have opened

	Lev 27:28	Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, [both] of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy unto the LORD.
	Lev 27:29	None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be put to death.
	Num 30:2	If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
	Num 30:3	If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, [being] in her father's house in her youth;
	Num 30:4	And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
	Num 30:5	But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
	Psa 15:4	In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
	Ecc 5:2	Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
	Ecc 5:3	For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
	Ecc 5:4	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.
	Ecc 5:5	Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
	Ecc 5:6	Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

I cannot

	Jdg 21:1	Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
	Jdg 21:2	And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
	Jdg 21:3	And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
	Jdg 21:4	And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
	Jdg 21:5	And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
	Jdg 21:6	And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
	Jdg 21:7	How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
	1Sa 14:44	And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
	1Sa 14:45	And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: [as] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
	Mat 14:7	Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
	Mat 14:8	And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
	Mat 14:9	And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded [it] to be given [her].
	Act 23:14	And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

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