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.

General references

Bible References

Vow a vow

Numbers 21:2
And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Genesis 28:20
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 raiment to put on,
Leviticus 27:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD, by thy estimation.
Deuteronomy 23:21
When thou shalt vow a vow to the LORD thy God, thou shalt not defer to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Judges 11:11
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 Mizpeh.
Psalm 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
Psalm 56:12
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.
Psalm 76:11
Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that are about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.
Psalm 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

Swear

Exodus 20:7
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.
Leviticus 5:4
Or if a soul shall swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it may be, that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Matthew 5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform to the Lord thy oaths:
Matthew 14:7
Upon which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
Acts 23:12
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.
2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover, I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 9:9
(As it is written, He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

To bind

Numbers 30:3
If a woman also shall vow a vow to the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

He shall do

Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Psalm 22:25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalm 50:14
Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High:
Psalm 66:13
I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalm 116:14
I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Nahum 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

General references

Numbers 30:4
And her father shall hear her vow, and her bond with which she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Joshua 2:17
And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast made us swear.