20 Then he made this solemn vow: “If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I’m taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 and returns me safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God,
22 this stone that I’ve erected in the form of a pillar will be God’s house, and I’ll give you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
Bible verses about "vows" | ISV
Genesis 28:20-22
Leviticus 5:4-13
4 When a person has sworn inadvertently by what he has said, whether for evil or good, whatever it was that the person spoke, when he comes to understand what he said, he will incur guilt by one of these things.
5 When a person is guilty of one of these things, then he is to confess whatever sin it was
6 and bring compensation to the LORD for the guilt that he committed: a female from the flock—whether a lamb or goat—for a sin offering. Then the priest is to make atonement for him.”
7Inexpensive Offering Alternatives“If he can’t afford a goat, then he is to bring to the LORD for his sin offering two turtledoves or two young doves: one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
8 He is to bring them to the priest, who will offer a sin offering first. He is to wring off its head without separating it.
9 Then he is to sprinkle some of the blood from the sin offering on the sidewall of the altar. Now as to the remainder of the blood, he is to pour it out at the base of the altar for a sin offering.
10 With respect to the second offering, he is to prepare it as a burnt offering, according to the approved procedure. The priest is to make atonement for him on account of his sin that he had committed. Then it will be forgiven him.
11 “If he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young doves, then he is to bring as his offering a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering for what he has committed. He is to put no olive oil or frankincense on it, since it’s a sin offering. 12 He is to bring it to the priest. The priest is to take a handful as a memorial and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. It’s a sin offering. 13 The priest will make atonement for him, on account of the sin that he had committed in any of these things and it will be forgiven him. As far as the priest is concerned, it will be a meal offering.”
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11 “If he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young doves, then he is to bring as his offering a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering for what he has committed. He is to put no olive oil or frankincense on it, since it’s a sin offering. 12 He is to bring it to the priest. The priest is to take a handful as a memorial and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD. It’s a sin offering. 13 The priest will make atonement for him, on account of the sin that he had committed in any of these things and it will be forgiven him. As far as the priest is concerned, it will be a meal offering.”
1 Samuel 1:11
11 Hannah made a vow: “LORD of the Heavenly Armies, if you just look at the misery of your maid servant, remember me, and don’t forget your maid servant. If you give your maid servant a son, then I’ll give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and a razor is never to touch his head.”
Psalms 66:13
13 I will come to your house with burnt offerings. I will fulfill my vows to you
Psalms 56:12
12 God, I have taken vows before you; therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.
Psalms 116:14-19
14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.
15 In the sight of the LORD, the death of his faithful ones is valued.
16 LORD, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant. I am the son of your handmaid. You have released my bonds.
17 I will bring you a thanksgiving offering and call on the name of the LORD!
18 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
Proverbs 20:25
25 It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, “This is sacred,” and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.
Matthew 5:33-37
33 Teaching about Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, ‘You must not swear an oath falsely,’ but, ‘You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’
34 But I tell you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is God’s throne,
35 nor by the earth, because it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King.
36 Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
37 Instead, let your message be ‘Yes’ for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ for ‘No.’ Anything more than that comes from the evil one.”
Job 22:27
27 You’ll entreat him and he’ll listen to you as you fulfill your vows.
Psalms 61:8
8 So I will sing songs to your name forever; I will fulfill my promises day by day.
Psalms 61:5
5 For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name.
Acts 5:1-11
1 Ananias and Sapphira are PunishedBut then a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold some property.
2 With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the money for himself and brought the remainder and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land? 4 As long as it remained unsold, wasn’t it your own? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn’t lie only to men, but also to God!”
5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized everyone who heard about it. 6 The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours, Ananias’ wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 So Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?”
She answered, “Yes, that was the price.”
9 “How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter asked her. “Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well.” 10 She instantly fell down at Peter’s feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband. 11 And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.
3 Peter asked, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land? 4 As long as it remained unsold, wasn’t it your own? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn’t lie only to men, but also to God!”
5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized everyone who heard about it. 6 The young men got up, wrapped him up, carried him outside, and buried him. 7 After an interval of about three hours, Ananias’ wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 So Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for that price?”
She answered, “Yes, that was the price.”
9 “How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter asked her. “Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well.” 10 She instantly fell down at Peter’s feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband. 11 And great fear seized the whole church and everyone else who heard about this.
Psalms 76:11
11 Let everyone who surrounds the LORD your God make a vow and fulfill it to the Awesome One.
Numbers 30:1-16
1 Regulations Concerning VowsLater, Moses told the elders of the Israeli tribes, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
2 ‘When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath—an obligation that is binding to himself—he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.’”
3Vows by Unmarried Women“When a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or pledges herself to an obligation while she still lives in her father’s house,
4 and her father hears her vow and the obligations that she had pledged herself to fulfill, yet her father keeps silent about it, then all her vows and every obligation she pledged herself to are to stand.
5 But if her father disallows her on the same day that he hears what she has said, then all her vows and every obligation she had pledged herself to fulfill are not to stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.”
6Vows by Married Women“If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill,
7 and her husband hears her vow, yet remains silent on the day that he hears it, then her vows are to stand and the obligation to which she had pledged herself is to stand.
8 But if, on the same day her husband hears and disallows her, then he has revoked her vows that she made for herself, along with any hasty vows that she spoke and to which she pledged herself to fulfill. The LORD will forgive her.”
9Vows by Widows or the Divorced“Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her.
10 If, while she had been living in her late or former husband’s house, she makes a vow or a promise that binds her with an oath,
11 and her husband hears it but remains silent, not disallowing it, then all her vows are to stand, along with every obligation that she has pledged to fulfill.
12 But if her husband disallowed them the very day that he heard her, everything that she spoke relating to her vows and her obligation to herself are not to stand, because her husband revoked them. The LORD will forgive her.
13 Her husband may confirm or revoke every vow and binding obligation that afflicts her.
14 But if her husband remains silent about her from day to day, then he has affirmed all her vows or obligations that she has obligated herself to fulfill. He has affirmed them because he remained silent from the day he heard her vows.
15 But if he nullified them after he had heard, then he will be responsible for any resulting iniquity.”
16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a man and his wife and concerning a father and his young daughter while she still lives in her father’s house.
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16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a man and his wife and concerning a father and his young daughter while she still lives in her father’s house.
Numbers 30:2
2 ‘When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath—an obligation that is binding to himself—he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.’”
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
21 “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, don’t delay paying it, because the LORD your God will certainly demand payment from you, and then you will be guilty of sin.
22 But if you refrain from making a vow, then you won’t be guilty.
23 Be sure you do whatever you promise, because you have given your word voluntarily to the LORD your God.
James 5:12
12 Do Not Swear OathsAbove all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your “Yes” mean yes and your “No” mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
4 Keep Your Promises to GodWhen you make a promise to God, don’t fail to keep it, since he isn’t pleased with fools. Keep what you promise—
5 it’s better that you don’t promise than that you do promise and not follow through.
6 Never let your mouth cause you to sin and don’t proclaim in the presence of the angel, “My promise was a mistake,” for why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy what you’ve undertaken?