Numbers 30:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Vow a vow

Swear

2 Corinthians 9:9

To bind

Numbers 30:3

Matthew 23:16

He shall do

Nahum 1:15

General references

Numbers 30:4

Joshua 2:17

Bible References

Vow a vow

And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a special vow of persons to the LORD at your valuation,

When you shall vow a vow unto the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin to you.

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.

He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor.

Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto you.

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.

It is a snare to the man to declare something is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.

Swear

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

Or if a soul vows, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, You shall not perjure yourself, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths:

So that he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

(As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever.

To bind

If a woman also vows a vow unto the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

Woe unto you, you blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound!

He shall do

You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:

I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows,

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

When you vow a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off.

General references

And her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless concerning this your oath which you have made us swear.