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

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities."

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah.

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations.

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

Swear

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

or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths --

"Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, 'Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

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

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.

Just as it is written, "He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever."

To bind

"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.'

He shall do

You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.

You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord's loyal followers.

Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!

I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed."

General references

and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand.

The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: