29 Bible Verses about Making Vows

When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards, - what thou vowest, pay! Better that thou shouldest not vow, - than vow, and not pay. Do not let thy mouth cause thy flesh to sin, - neither say thou, before the messenger, that it was, a mistake, - wherefore should God be indignant at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?read more.
For it was done amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words, - but, towards God, be thou reverent. If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter, - for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

When, a man, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, or swear an oath to bind a bond upon his soul, he shall not break his word, - according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth, shall he do.

Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.

So, will I sing thy Name unto futurity, Paying my vows, day by day.

I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,

My vows - to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in presence of all his people!

My vows - to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in the presence of all his people; -

That which goeth forth out of thy lips, thou must observe and do, - according as thou didst vow unto Yahweh thy God the free-will, offering of which thou didst speak with thy mouth.

Again, ye have heard that it was said, to them of olden time, Thou shalt not swear falsely, - but shalt render unto the Lord, thine oaths.

Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;

Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

Vow and pay, unto Yahweh your God, - Let, all who are round about him, bear along a gift unto him who is to be revered.

Lo! upon the mountains, The feet of one, who bringeth Good Tidings! who publisheth Prosperity! Celebrate, O Judah, thy pilgrim festivals, fulfil thy vows, for, not again, any more, shall the Abandoned One, pass through thee, he hath been wholly cut off.

Better that thou shouldest not vow, - than vow, and not pay.

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt not delay to make it good, - for Yahweh thy God would, require, it of thee, and it should be in thee sin.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it, for there is no pleasure in dullards, - what thou vowest, pay!

Then will, Yahweh, make himself known, to the Egyptians, So shall the Egyptians know, Yahweh, in that day, - And they will offer a sacrifice and a present And will vow a vow unto Yahweh and will perform.

Thine, are silence and praise, O God, in Zion, - And, to thee, shall be paid the vow.

But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay, - Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!

Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, - When any man or woman, would make the special vow of One Separate, by separating himself unto Yahweh, from wine and strong drink, shall he separate himself, neither vinegar of wine nor vinegar of strong drink, shall he drink, - and no liquor of grapes, shall he drink, no grapes fresh or dried, shall he eat. All the days of his separation, of nothing that is made from the grapevine from the seeds even to the skin, shall he eat.read more.
All the days of his vow of separation, no razor, shall pass over his head, - until the days are fulfilled for which he shall separate himself to Yahweh hallowed, shall he be, letting the locks of the hair of his head grow long. All the days for which he hath separated himself unto Yahweh to no dead person, shall he go in. Neither for his father nor for his mother nor for his brother nor for his sister, shall he make himself unclean-not even for them, should they die, - because, his separation unto God, is upon his head, All his days of separation hallowed, is he unto Yahweh. But if one that is dying should die by him in a moment suddenly, then shall he count unclean his head of separation, - and shall shave his head, on the day he cleanseth himself, on the seventh day, shall he shave it. And on the eighth day, shall he bring in. two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, - unto the triest, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the priest shall make, of one a sin - bearer and of one an ascending-sacrifice, and so put a propitiatory-covering over him, for that he sinned in respect of the dead person, - thus shall he hallow his head on that day. Then shall be separate unto Yahweh his days of separation, and shall bring in a he-lamb a year old as a guilt-bearer, - and, the first days, shall be lost because his separation, was made unclean. And, this, is the law of the Separate One, on the day when he fulfilleth his days of separation, he shall be brought in unto the entrance of the tent of meeting: then shall he bring near as his offering unto Yahweh. - one he-lamb a year old, without defect for an ascending-sacrifice, and one ewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin-bearer, - and one ram, without defect for a peace-offering; and a basket of unleavened cakes - fine meal in round cakes overflowed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened bread, anointed with oil, - with their meal-offering and their drink-offerings. Then shall the priest bring them near before Yahweh, - and offer his sin-bearer and his ascending-sacrifice; and the ram, shall he offer as a peace-offering unto Yahweh, besides the basket of unleavened cakes, - and the priest shall offer the meal-offering thereof and the drink-offering thereof, Then shall the Separate One shave, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, his head of separation, - and take the hair of his head of separation, and put upon the fire, which is under the peace-offering. Then shall the priest take the shoulder far boiling from the ram, and one unleavened round cake from the basket, and one unleavened thin cake, - and place them on the hands, of the Separate One after he hath shaven off his hair of separation; and the priest shall wave them as a wave-offering before Yahweh, hallowed, it is for the priest, besides the wave breast, and be-sides the heave leg, - and, afterwards, may the Separate One drink wine. This is the law of One Separate what he shall vow, his offering unto Yahweh with respect to his separation, besides what his hand may obtain: as required by the vow that he shall vow, so, must he do, with respect to the law of his separation.

It is a snare to a man, that he should rashly cry Holy! and, after making vows, to reflect!

And, when, a woman, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, and bind a bond, in the house of her father, in her youth; and her father shall hear her vow or her bond which she bindeth upon her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her, then shall all her vows stand, and every bond which she hath bound upon her soul shall stand. But, if her father forbade her, in the day when he heard, none of her vows or her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand, - and, Yahweh, will pardon her, because her father forbade her.read more.
But, if she, belonged to a husband, when her vows were taken upon her, - or a rash utterance fell from her lips, wherewith she put a bond upon her soul; and her husband heard it, and on the day that he heard, he held his peace at her, then shall her vows stand and her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand, But if, on the day her husband heard, he forbade her, then shall he have made of none effect her vow that is upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she put a head upon her soul, - and, Yahweh, I will pardon her. But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her. But, if in the house of her husband, she vowed, or bound a bond upon her soul. with an oath; and her husband heard, and held his peace at her, did not forbid her, then shall all her vows stand, and every bond which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand. But if her husband, did make, them, of none effect, on the day he heard, nothing which came forth out of her lips - of her vows, or of the bond of her soul, shall sand, - her husband, made it of none effect, and Yahweh, will pardon her: As for any vow, or any oath of binding, to humble ones soul, her husband, may make it stand, or, her husband, may make it of none effect. But if her husband do hold his peace, at her, from day to day, then shall he cause all her vows to stand, or all her bonds which are upon her, - cause them to stand, because he held his peace at her, on the day when he heard. And, if he, do make them of none effect, after that he hath heard them, then shall he bear her iniquity. These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in the house of her father.

But, ye, say - Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother - A gift! Whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited,

But, ye, say - If a man shall say to his father or his mother, Korban! that is, A gift, whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited,

Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them - What man, soever, of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, may bring near his oblation, as regardeth any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings which they may bring near unto Yahweh, as an ascending-sacrifice, that ye may be accepted, it must be a male without defect, of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats:

Whether an ox or a lamb long or short limb, as a free-will offering, thou mayest offer it, but, for a vow, it shall not he accepted.

But accursed is he that defraudeth, who, when there is in his flock a male, yet voweth and sacrificeth a corrupt thing to the Lord, for, a great king, am I, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, my Name, is revered among the nations.

But, if, a vow or a freewill offering, be his sacrifice of oblation, in the day he bringeth near his sacrifice, shall it be eaten, and on the morrow, then may the remainder thereof, be eaten;

Speak unto the sons of Israel and thou shall say unto them - When any man would consecrate and pay a vow by thine estimate of lives unto Yahweh, then shall, thine estimate be for the male from twenty years of age even to sixty years of age, yea thine estimate shall be - fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary; but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels.read more.
And, if it be from five years of age even unto twenty years of age, then shall thine estimate be for the male, twenty shekels, - and, for the female, ten shekels. And, if it he from a month old even unto five years old, then shall thine estimate be - for the male, five shekels of silver, - and, for the female, thine estimate shall be three shekels of silver. And if it be from sixty years of age and upwards, if a male, then shall thine estimate be fifteen shekels, - and, for the female, ten shekels. But if he be, too poor, for thine estimate, then shall he present himself before the priest, and the priest shall estimate him, - according to that which the hand of him who would vow can attain to, shall the priest estimate him. And if it be a beast whereof men may bring near an oblation unto Yahweh, all that whereof aught is given to Yahweh, shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it - good for bad or bad for good, - but if he, do, change beast for beast, then shall, both it and what was given in exchange for it be holy. And, if it be any unclean beast whereof men may not bring near an oblation to Yahweh, then shall he present the beast before the priest: and the priest shall estimate it, whether it is good or bad, - according to thine estimate, O priest, so, shall it be. But if he should please to redeem, it, then shall he add the fifth part thereof unto thine estimate. And, when, any man, would hallow his house to be holy unto Yahweh, then shall the priest estimate it, whether it is good or bad, - as the priest shall estimate it, so, shall it stand. But, if he that halloweth it, would redeem his house, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto and it shall be his. And if of the field of his possession any man would hallow unto Yahweh, then shall thine estimate be according to the seed thereof, - the seed of a homer of barley, at fifty shekels of silver. If, from the year of jubilee, he would hallow his field, according to thine estimate, shall it stand. But if after the jubilee he would hallow his field, then shall the priest reckon to him the silver, according to the years that remain, until the year of the jubilee, - and it shall be abated from thine estimate. But, if he that hath hallowed it should be pleased to redeem, the field, then shall he add the fifth part of the silver of thine estimate thereunto and it shall be assured to him. But if he will not redeem the field, but have sold the field to another man, it shall be redeemable no longer; so shall the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, be holy unto Yahweh as a devoted, field, - to the priest, shall belong the possession thereof. If, however, a field that he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession, he would hallow unto Yahweh, then shall the priest reckon to him the amount of thine estimate until the year of the jubilee, - and he shall give thine estimate, in that day, as holy unto Yahweh. In the year of the jubilee, shall the field return unto him from whom he bought it to him whose it was as a possession in the land. And, every estimate of thine, shall be by the holy shekel, - twenty gerahs, make the shekel. Only the firstling which is born a firstling to Yahweh, among beasts, no man shall hallow it, - whether ox or sheep, unto Yahweh, it belongeth. But, if it be among the beasts that are unclean, then shall he ransom it by thine estimate, and add the fifth part of it thereunto, - but, if it is not redeemed, then shall it be sold by thine estimate. Only no devoted thing which any man shall devote unto Yahweh, of all that belongeth to him, - of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be either sold or redeemed, - as to every devoted thing, most holy, it is unto Yahweh. As touching any one devoted, who may be devoted from among men he shall not be ransomed, - he must be, surely put to death. And, as for all the tithe of the land whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the trees, unto Yahweh, it belongeth, - as something holy unto Yahweh. But, if any man should be pleased, to redeem, aught of his tithes, the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto. And, as for all the tithe of herd and flock, all that passeth under the rod, the tenth, shall be holy unto Yahweh. He shall not examine whether it be good or bad neither shall he change it, - or, if he do in anywise change, it, then shall both, it and what is given in exchange for it, be holy, it shall not be redeemed.