Ecclesiastes 5:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Genesis 35:1

And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

Genesis 35:3

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

Psalm 116:14

I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.

Psalm 119:106

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Psalm 22:25

My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

Psalm 50:14

Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

Psalm 76:11

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Isaiah 19:21

And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the Lord in that day; they will give him worship with offerings and meal offerings, and will take an oath to the Lord and give effect to it.

Jonah 2:9

But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

Malachi 1:10

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

Numbers 30:2

When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

Matthew 5:33

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

Hebrews 10:6

You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin.

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.