Vows

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. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. — read the full passage →

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: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

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

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

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

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.

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

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

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. — read the full passage →

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, — read the full passage →

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. — read the full passage →

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. — read the full passage →

Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

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.

These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

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.

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:

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Let all your things be done with charity.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: — read the full passage →

Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people,

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: — read the full passage →

And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. — read the full passage →

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. — read the full passage →

But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering; — read the full passage →

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. — read the full passage →

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: