Vows

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. — read the full passage →

When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth 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 the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah 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 of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded. — read the full passage →

Again, ye have heard that it was said to 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 will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are 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 a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah 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 come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things. — read the full passage →

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

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

Offer unto God the sacrifice of 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 uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people. — read the full passage →

Then the Spirit of Jehovah 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 Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

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

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

These ye shall offer unto Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-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 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

And Jehovah 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 vowest.

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

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Again, ye have heard that it was said to 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Let all that ye do be done in love.

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto Jehovah.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the 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 righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who 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, Entreat me not to leave thee, and 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 →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people,

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor 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 was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

And 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, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten:

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

And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, 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 Zion; 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 not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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

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

And when it was day, 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 Jehovah shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.

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

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.

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

but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God; — read the full passage →

But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten: — read the full passage →

And 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, even as I have loved you.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

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, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering; — read the full passage →

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

And if she bemarriedto a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,

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

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

For no word from God shall be void of power.

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,