Vows

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete. — read the full passage →

`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee--sin. — read the full passage →

And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: — read the full passage →

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.

So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!

A snare to a man <FI>is<Fi> he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

and voweth a vow, and saith, `Jehovah of Hosts, if Thou dost certainly look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and hast remembered me, and dost not forget Thy handmaid, and hast given to Thy handmaid seed of men--then I have given him to Jehovah all days of his life, and a razor doth not go up upon his head.'

For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,

`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; --when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these; — read the full passage →

Lo, on the mountains the feet of one proclaiming tidings, sounding peace! Celebrate, O Judah, thy festivals, complete thy vows, For add no more to pass over into thee doth the worthless, He hath been completely cut off!

On me, O God, <FI>are<Fi> Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on-- — read the full passage →

For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people. — read the full passage →

and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon. — read the full passage →

and the men fear Jehovah--a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee--sin.

`These ye prepare to Jehovah in your appointed seasons, apart from your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your presents, and for your libations, and for your peace-offerings.'

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Of Thee my praise <FI>is<Fi> in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

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

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`Sacrifices of peace-offerings <FI>are<Fi> by me, To-day I have completed my vows.

The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done <FI>it<Fi> , as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on--

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

I <FI>am<Fi> the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

let all your things be done in love.

and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; — read the full passage →

apart from the sabbaths of Jehovah, and apart from your gifts, and apart from all your vows, and apart from all your willing-offerings, which ye give to Jehovah.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand--

And I--with a voice of thanksgiving--I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation <FI>is<Fi> of Jehovah.

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil, — read the full passage →

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

And the man Elkanah goeth up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Jehovah the sacrifice of the days, and his vow.

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

`And if the sacrifice of his offering <FI>is<Fi> a vow or free-will offering, in the day of his bringing near his sacrifice it is eaten; and on the morrow also the remnant of it is eaten;

And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, — read the full passage →

And Israel voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities;'

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence--praise, O God, <FI>is<Fi> in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.

and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

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

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul; — read the full passage →

for a vow hath thy servant vowed in my dwelling in Geshur, in Aram, saying, If Jehovah doth certainly bring me back to Jerusalem, then I have served Jehovah.'

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, — read the full passage →

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

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

and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), <FI>is<Fi> whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine, — read the full passage →

`And if the sacrifice of his offering <FI>is<Fi> a vow or free-will offering, in the day of his bringing near his sacrifice it is eaten; and on the morrow also the remnant of it is eaten; — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, `There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, who bringeth near his offering, of all his vows, or of all his willing offerings which they bring near to Jehovah for a burnt-offering; — read the full passage →

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

And cursed <FI>is<Fi> a deceiver, who hath in his drove a male, And is vowing, and is sacrificing a marred thing to the Lord, For a great king <FI>am<Fi> I, said Jehovah of Hosts, And My name <FI>is<Fi> revered among nations!

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →

`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows <FI>are<Fi> on her, or a wrongful utterance <FI>on<Fi> her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

`And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver; — read the full passage →

`And when a man sanctifieth his house, a holy thing to Jehovah, then hath the priest valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest doth value it so it standeth;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,