Bible verses about "vows" | Bishops

²⁰ And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on ²¹ So that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shal the Lord be my God ²² And this stone whiche I haue set vp on an ende, shalbe Gods house: and of all that thou shalt geue me, I wyl surely geue the tenth vnto thee

⁴ Either if a soule sweare, and pronounceth with his lippes to do euill or to do good, whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pronounce with an othe, and the thyng be hyd from hym, and commeth to the knowledge of it, and hath offended in one of these ⁵ When he hath sinned in one of these thinges, he shall confesse that he hath sinned in that thyng ⁶ Therfore shall he bryng his trespasse offering vnto the Lorde, for his sinne whiche he hath sinned, a female from the flocke, a lambe or a shee goate, for a sinne offering: And the priest shal make an attonement for hym concerning his sinne ⁷ And if he be not able to bryng a sheepe, he shall bryng for his trespasse whiche he hath sinned, two turtle doues, or two young pigeons vnto the Lorde: one for a sinne offering, & the other for a burnt offering ⁸ And he shall bryng them vnto ye priest, which shall offer the sinne offering first, and wryng the necke a sunder of it, but plucke it not cleane of ⁹ And he shall sprinckle of the blood of the sinne offering vpon the side of the aulter, and the rest of the blood shall he powre by the bottome of the aulter: for it is a sinne offering ¹⁰ And he shall offer the seconde for a burnt offering, as the maner is: and so shall the priest make an attonement for hym for the sinne whiche he hath sinned, and it shalbe forgeuen hym ¹¹ And if he be not able to bryng two turtle doues, or two young pigeons, then he that hath sinned shall bryng for his offering the tenth part of an Epha of fine floure for a sinne offering: but put none oyle thereto, neither put any frankensence theron: for it is a sinne offering ¹² Then shall he bryng it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handfull of it for a remembraunce thereof, & burne it vpon the aulter, to be a sacrifice for the Lord made by fire: for it is a sinne offering ¹³ And the priest shall make an attonement for hym as touchyng his sinne that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shalbe forgeuen hym: And the remnaunt shalbe the priestes, as a meate offering

¹¹ And vowed a vowe, and sayd: O Lord of hoastes, if thou wilt loke on the trouble of thyne handmayde and remembre me, and not forget thyne hand mayde, but geue vnto thyne handmayde a man childe, I will geue him vnto the Lorde all the dayes of his lyfe, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head

¹³ (66:12a) I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes: and I wyll pay thee my vowe

¹² O Lorde, thy vowes be vpon me: vnto thee wyll I geue thankes & praise

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie

¹⁴ (116:13) I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God: in the presence of all his people ¹⁵ (116:14) The death of his saintes: is precious in the eyes of God ¹⁶ (116:15) It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder ¹⁷ (116:16) I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng: and I wyll call vpon the name of God ¹⁸ (116:17a) I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people ¹⁹ (116:17b) in the courtes of Gods house, euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem. Prayse ye the Lorde

³³ Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes ³⁴ But, I say vnto you: Sweare not at all, neither by heauen, for it is gods seate ³⁵ Nor by the earth, for it is his footestoole, neither by Hierusalem, for it is the citie of the great kyng ³⁶ Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke ³⁷ But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll

⁸ So wyll I sing psalmes vnto thy name: that I may day by day perfourme my vowes

²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt kepe thy promises

⁵ For thou O Lorde hast hearde my vowes: and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name

¹ But a certayne man, named Ananias, with Saphyra his wyfe, solde a possession ² And kept away part of the price, his wyfe also beyng of counsell, and brought a certayne part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete ³ But Peter sayde: Ananias, howe is it, that Satan hath fylled thyne heart, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy ghost, and kepe away part of the price of the lande ⁴ Whyles it remayned, was it not thyne owne? And after it was solde, was it not in thyne owne power? Why haste thou conceaued this thyng in thyne heart? Thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God ⁵ When Ananias hearde these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thynges ⁶ And the young rose vp, and put hym a part, and caryed hym out, and buryed hym ⁷ And it came to passe, that as it were about the space of three houres after, his wyfe came in, ignoraunt of that which was done ⁸ And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, Solde ye not the lande for so much? And she sayde: Yea, for so much ⁹ Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out ¹⁰ Then fell she downe strayghtway at his feete, and yelded vp the ghost. And the young men came in, and founde her dead, and caryed her out, and buryed her by her husbande ¹¹ And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges

¹¹ Make vowes vnto God your Lorde, & perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym: bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull

¹ And Moyses spake vnto the heades of the tribes concernyng the children of Israel, saying: This is the thyng which the Lorde hath commaunded ² If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth ³ If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth ⁴ And her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule, & holde his peace therto: then all her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpo her soule, shal stande in effect ⁵ But and if her father disalowe her the same day that he heareth al her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpon her soule: they shall not be of value, and the Lorde shall forgeue her, because her father disalowed her ⁶ If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule ⁷ And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect ⁸ And if her husbande disalowe her the same day that he hearde it, then he shall make her vowe which she hath vpon her, and the openyng of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule, of none effect, and the Lorde shall forgeue her ⁹ But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them ¹⁰ If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe ¹¹ And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace concernyng her, & disalowed her not: then all her vowes shal stande, and euery bonde wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande ¹² But if her husbande disanulled them the same day yt he hearde them: then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect: for her husbande hath disanulled them, and the Lorde shall forgeue her ¹³ All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule, may her husbande stablishe or breake ¹⁴ But if her husbande holde his peace from one day to another, then he stablissheth all her vowes & bondes which she had vpon her: he confirmeth them, because he helde his peace concernyng her the same day that he hearde them ¹⁵ But if he breake them, after that he hath hearde them, he shall beare her sinne hym selfe ¹⁶ These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe, and betweene the father and his daughter, beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house

² If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth

²¹ When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, thou shalt not flacke to pay it: For the Lorde thy God wyll surely require it of thee, and it shalbe sinne in thee ²² If thou shalt leaue bowyng, it shalbe no sinne in thee ²³ But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes, thou must kepe and do, accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll, and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth

¹² But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation

⁴ If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it ⁵ For better is it that thou make no vowe, then that thou shouldest promise and not pay ⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes