Ecclesiastes 5:2
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2 Do not be (A)rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words (B)be few.
Matthew 6:7
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7 And when you pray, (A)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (B)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
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Proverbs 10:19
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Isaiah 55:9
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9 “For(A) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Matthew 6:9
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9 In this (A)manner, therefore, pray:
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But (A)fear God.
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Numbers 30:2-5
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2 (A)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or (B)swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall (C)do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 “Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father [a]holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her.
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- Numbers 30:4 says nothing to interfere
Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 For a dream comes through much activity,
And (A)a fool’s voice is known by his many words.
Proverbs 20:25
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25 It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy,
And afterward to reconsider his vows.
Genesis 28:20
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20 (A)Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If (B)God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me (C)bread to eat and clothing to put on,
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Genesis 18:27
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27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am (A)but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:
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Psalm 115:3
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3 (A)But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
Genesis 18:32
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32 Then he said, (A)“Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?”
(B)And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”
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Genesis 18:30
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30 Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?”
So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
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Mark 6:23
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23 He also swore to her, (A)“Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
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1 Samuel 14:24-45
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Saul’s Rash Oath
24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had (A)placed the people under oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food. 25 (B)Now all the people of the land came to a forest; and there was (C)honey on the ground. 26 And when the people had come into the woods, there was the honey, dripping; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his [a]countenance brightened. 28 Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food this day.’ ” And the people were faint.
29 But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
31 Now they had [b]driven back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. So the people were very faint. 32 And the people rushed on the [c]spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them (D)with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”
So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.” 34 Then Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, ‘Bring me here every man’s ox and every man’s sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.’ ” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul (E)built an altar to the Lord. This was the first altar that he built to the Lord.
36 Now Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them.”
And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.”
Then the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”
37 So Saul (F)asked counsel of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But (G)He did not answer him that day. 38 And Saul said, (H)“Come over here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today. 39 For (I)as the Lord lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But not a man among all the people answered him. 40 Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side.”
And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
41 Therefore Saul said to the Lord God of Israel, (J)“Give[d] a perfect lot.” (K)So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, “Cast lots between my son Jonathan and me.” So Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, (L)“Tell me what you have done.”
And Jonathan told him, and said, (M)“I only tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. So now I must die!”
44 Saul answered, (N)“God do so and more also; (O)for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
45 But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! (P)As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked (Q)with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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- 1 Samuel 14:27 Lit. eyes
- 1 Samuel 14:31 Lit. struck
- 1 Samuel 14:32 plunder
- 1 Samuel 14:41 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. Why do You not answer Your servant today? If the injustice is with me or Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give proof; and if You say it is with Your people Israel, give holiness.
Judges 11:30
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30 And Jephthah (A)made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands,
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Genesis 28:22
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22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar (A)shall be God’s house, (B)and of all that You give me I will surely give a [a]tenth to You.”
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- Genesis 28:22 tithe
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