Numbers 30:2

Laws For Vows

¹ Then Moses spoke to {the leaders} of the tribes concerning the {Israelites}, saying, "This [is] the word that Yahweh commanded: ² if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth. ³ "If a woman makes a vow to Yahweh, and she binds a pledge [on herself] in her father's house in your childhood,

Swear an Oath

To the Lord

Vow to the Lord

Jehovah

Job 22:27

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

Psalm 22:25

From you [is] my praise. In [the] great assembly, I will pay my vows before those who revere him.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to [the] Most High.

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows [made] to Yahweh in the presence of all his people.

Acts 23:12

And [when it] was day, the Jews made a conspiracy [and] bound themselves under a curse, saying [they would] neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Leviticus 5:4

Or when a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with [his] lips, to do evil or to do good {with regard to} anything that {the person} in a sworn oath speaks thoughtlessly, but {he is unaware of it}, he will be guilty {in any of} these.

Psalm 66:13-14

I will come into your house with burnt offerings. I will pay to you my vows

Psalm 116:18

I will pay my vows [made] to Yahweh in the presence of all his people,

Proverbs 20:25

[It is] a snare to humankind to say rashly "[It is] holy," and after vows, to scrutinize.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure} in fools. Fulfill what you vow!

Nahum 1:15

Look! On the mountains! The feet of the one who brings good tidings, the one who proclaims peace! "Celebrate [a festival], O Judah, Fulfill your vows! For he will not invade you again; the wicked one is cut off completely!"

Genesis 28:20-22

And Jacob made a vow saying, "If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Exodus 20:7

"You shall not {misuse the name of Yahweh your God}, because Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who {misuses his name}.

Leviticus 27:2-34

"Speak to the {Israelites}, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow according to your proper value [of] persons to Yahweh,

Numbers 21:2

Israel made a vow to Yahweh, and they said, "If you will surely give this people into our hand, then we {will destroy} their cities."

Numbers 30:3-4

"If a woman makes a vow to Yahweh, and she binds a pledge [on herself] in her father's house in your childhood,

Numbers 30:10

But if she made a vow [in] her husband's house, or bound herself on a pledge with a sworn oath,

Deuteronomy 23:21-23

"{When you make a vow} to Yahweh your God, you shall not postpone {fulfillment of it}, [for] certainly Yahweh your God shall require it from you and [if postponed] {you will incur guilt}.

Judges 11:11

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

Judges 11:30-31

And Jephthah made a vow to Yahweh, and he said, "If indeed you will give the {Ammonites} into my hand,

Judges 11:35-36

And the moment he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Ah! My daughter, you have caused me to bow down, and you have become my trouble. {I made an oath} to Yahweh, and I cannot take [it] back."

Judges 11:39

At the end of the two months she returned to her father, and he did to her [according to] his vow; and {she did not sleep with a man}. And it became an annual custom in Israel

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

Psalm 55:20

He has put forth his hands against {his friends}; he has defiled his covenant.

Psalm 56:12

[My] vows [to you], O God, [are binding] upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you,

Psalm 76:11

Make vows and fulfill them to Yahweh, your God; let all surrounding him bring tribute to the [one to be] feared.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn [an oath] and confirmed [it], to heed {your righteous ordinances}.

Matthew 5:33-34

"Again you have heard that it was said to the {people of old}, 'Do not swear falsely, but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

Matthew 14:7-9

Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Matthew 23:16

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

Matthew 23:18

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing! But whoever swears by the gift [that is] on it is bound [by his oath].'

Acts 23:14

who went to the chief priests and the elders [and] said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to partake of nothing until we have killed Paul

Acts 23:21

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

2 Corinthians 1:23

But I call upon God [as] witness against my life, that [in order to] spare you, I did not come again to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 9:9-11

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