When (A)you vow a vow to God, (B)do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. (C)Pay what you vow.

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(A)If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or (B)swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. (C)He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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21 (A)“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. 23 You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

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13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will (A)perform my vows to you,
14 that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised (B)when I was in trouble.

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11 (A)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all around him (B)bring gifts
    to him who (C)is to be feared,

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Oaths

33 “Again (A)you have heard that it was said to those of old, (B)‘You shall not swear falsely, but (C)shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’

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14 (A)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
    and (B)perform your vows to the Most High,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

10 (A)Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, (B)and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

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10 His delight is not in (A)the strength of the horse,
    nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
11 but the Lord (B)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who (C)hope in his steadfast love.

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14 I will (A)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

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in burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you have taken no pleasure.

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(A)But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    (B)Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

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21 (A)And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day (B)and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.

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106 I have (A)sworn an oath and confirmed it,
    to keep your (B)righteous rules.

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16 O Lord, I am your (A)servant;
    I am your servant, (B)the son of your maidservant.
    You have (C)loosed my bonds.
17 I will (D)offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and (E)call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will (F)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,

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Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God (A)who answers me in the day of my distress and (B)has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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God Blesses and Renames Jacob

35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you (B)when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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20 Then Jacob (A)made 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 clothing to wear,

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