Deuteronomy 23:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But if you refrain from vowing, it will not be sin in you.

American Standard Version (1901)

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Common English Bible

Now if you simply don’t make any promises, you won’t be guilty of anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If you are not willing to make a promise, then it shall be without sin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin.

Deuteronomy 23:22 Cross References

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 66:13

I will come into thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Leviticus 27:2

“Say to the people of Israel, When a man makes a special vow of persons to the Lord at your valuation,

Deuteronomy 23:21

“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:23

You shall be careful to perform what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

Joshua 9:18

But the people of Israel did not kill them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.