Bible Verses about “making a vow”

“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.”

“Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.”

“but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;”

“nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”

“"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'”

“But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.”

“When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”

“It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.”

“"'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.”

“When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.”

“She vowed a vow, and said, "Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head."”

“When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.”

“That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering, which you have promised with your mouth.”

“But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.”

“Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?”

“Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.”

“"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,”

“he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.”

“It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.”

“Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.”

“All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.”

“The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.”

“"'All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body.”

“He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.”

“All the days of his separation he is holy to Yahweh.”

“"'If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.”

“On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.”

“The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.”

“He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.”

“"'This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,”

“and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,”

“and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.”

“The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering.”

“He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.”

“The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation;”

“and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.”

“"'This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation.'"”

“then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."”

“Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.”

“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.”

“Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,”

“"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.”

“Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”

“If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.”

“If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.”

“If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.”

“If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.”

“But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.”