Bible Verses about “vows”

“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”

“‹Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.›”

“‹But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›”

“‹Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.›”

“¶ ‹Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:›”

“¶ But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.”

“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.”

“Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”

“¶ When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for [he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.”

“And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.”

“When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.”

“That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.”

“But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.”

“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”

“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?”

“¶ [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.”

“¶ And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded.”

“Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it 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.”

“Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.”

“¶ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,”

“¶ If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, [being] in her father's house in her youth;”

“And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.”

“And kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being privy [to it], and brought a certain part, and laid [it] at the apostles' feet.”

“And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.”

“Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and shall carry thee out.”

“And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.”

“And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;”

“And her husband heard [it], and held his peace at her in the day that he heard [it]: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.”

“But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.”

“And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;”

“And her husband heard [it], and held his peace at her, [and] disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard [them; then] whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.”

“Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.”

“But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them].”

“But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.”

“These [are] the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, [being yet] in her youth in her father's house.”

“And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him] out, and buried [him].”

“And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.”

“And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.”

“Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.”

“Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.”

“¶ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.”

“And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these [things], that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing]:”

“So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.”

“And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.”

“¶ And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.”

“And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer [that] which [is] for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide [it] asunder:”

“And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it [is] a sin offering.”