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

Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, "If thou wilt give this people into our hands, we will destroy their cities."

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this journey which I go and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on,

"Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'If any man will give a singular vow unto the LORD according to the value of his soul,

When thou hast vowed a vow unto the LORD thy God, see thou be not slack to pay it. For he will surely require it of thee, and it shall be sin unto thee.

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. And the people made him head and ruler over them. And Jephthah rehearsed all his words in Mizpeh.

He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours.

Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments.

It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go about with vows.

Swear

"Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Either when a soul sweareth: so that he pronounceth with his lips to do evil or to do good - whatsoever it be that a man pronounceth with an oath - and the thing be out of his mind and afterward cometh to the knowledge of it, then he hath offended in one of these.

"Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God':

Wherefore he promised with an oath, that he would give her whatsoever she would ask.

When day was come, certain of the Jews gathered themselves together, and made a vow saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

I call God for a record unto my soul, that for to favor you withal, I came not any more unto Corinth.

as it is written, "He that dispersed abroad and hath given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever."

To bind

If a damsel vow a vow unto the LORD and bind herself, being in her father's house and unmarried:

Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.'

He shall do

Then shalt thou make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt keep thy promises.

My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest.

I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, to pay thee my vows,

I will pay my vows, now, in the presence of all his people;

If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them.

Behold, upon the mountains come the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and preacheth peace. O Judah, keep thy holidays, perform thy promises: for Belial shall come no more in thee, he is utterly rooted out.

General references

If her father hear her vow and bond which she hath made upon her soul, and hold his peace thereto: then all her vows and bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall stand in effect.

And the men said unto her, "We will be blameless of thy oath, which thou hast made us swear.