Numbers 30:2

Laws For Vows

¹ And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord. ² When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do. ³ If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

Swear an Oath

To the Lord

Vow to the Lord

Jehovah

Job 22:27

You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.

Psalm 22:25

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

Psalm 116:14

I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

Acts 23:12

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

Psalm 66:13-14

I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

Psalm 116:18

I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

Proverbs 20:25

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Nahum 1:15

See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.

Genesis 28:20-22

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Exodus 20:7

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

Leviticus 27:2-34

Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.

Numbers 21:2

Then Israel made an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give up this people into my hands, then I will send complete destruction on all their towns.

Numbers 30:3-4

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

Numbers 30:10

If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

Deuteronomy 23:21-23

When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

Judges 11:30-31

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

Judges 11:35-36

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

Judges 11:39

And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

Psalm 55:20

He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Psalm 56:12

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Psalm 76:11

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Psalm 119:106

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Matthew 5:33-34

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

Matthew 14:7-9

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

Matthew 23:16

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

Matthew 23:18

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

Acts 23:14

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to deat

Acts 23:21

But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order

2 Corinthians 1:23

But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

2 Corinthians 9:9-11

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.