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

He shall do

Nahum 1:15

General references

Numbers 30:4

Joshua 2:17

Bible References

Vow a vow

And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD and said, "If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction."

Then Jacob made 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 wear,

"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons,

"If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.

who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.

It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making vows.

Swear

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

or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these;

"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'

so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

But I call God to witness against me--it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.

As it is written, "He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever."

To bind

"If a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth,

He shall do

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,

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

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off.

General references

and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.

The men said to her, "We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours that you have made us swear.