Bible Verses about “vows”

“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.”

“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?”

“But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”

“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.”

“"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.”

“While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."”

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

“"Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,”

“and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.”

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

“Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.”

“But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."”

“Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.”

“"If she is [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,”

“and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.”

“"But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.”

“"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 didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.”

“But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will 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 establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.”

“But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."”

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

“The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.”

“About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.”

“Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." She said, "Yes, for so much."”

“She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.”

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

“For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.”

“It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned:”

“So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.”

“and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.”

“"'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.”

“He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.”

“He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.”