Ecclesiastes 5:4
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4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.(A)
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Numbers 30:2
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2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.(A)
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Psalm 76:11
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11 Make vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
let all who are around him bring gifts
to the one who is awesome,(A)
Psalm 66:13-14
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13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows,(A)
14 those that my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.(B)
Matthew 5:33
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Concerning Oaths
33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’(A)
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Psalm 50:14
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- 50.14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
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21 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt.(A) 22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt. 23 Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
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Psalm 147:10-11
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10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse
nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner,[a](A)
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
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- 147.10 Heb legs of a person
Hebrews 10:6
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6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
Malachi 1:10
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10 Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple[a] doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.(A)
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- 1.10 Heb lacks temple
Jonah 2:9
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9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”(A)
Isaiah 19:21
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21 The Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord on that day and will serve with sacrifice and offerings, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.(A)
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Psalm 119:106
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106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.(A)
Psalm 116:16-18
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16 O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.
You have loosed my bonds.(A)
17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
and call on the name of the Lord.(B)
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
Psalm 116:14
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14 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.(A)
Genesis 35:3
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3 then come, let us go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”(A)
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Genesis 35:1
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Jacob Returns to Bethel
35 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”(A)
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Genesis 28:20
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20 Then Jacob 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,(A)
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