Ecclesiastes 5:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When you make a vow to God,  don’t delay fulfilling it, because he does not delight in fools. Fulfil what you vow.

Cross References

Numbers 30:2

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.

Matthew 5:33

‘Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.   ,

Hebrews 10:6

You did not delight in whole burnt offerings and sin offerings.

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Jonah 2:9

but as for me, I will sacrifice  to you with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfil  what I have vowed. Salvation  belongs to the  Lord.

Genesis 35:3

We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress.  He has been with me everywhere I have gone.’

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, ‘Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there.  Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.’

Isaiah 19:21

The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and Egypt will know the Lord on that day. They will offer sacrifices and offerings;  they will make vows to the Lord and fulfil them.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow:  ‘If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, ‘No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me.  I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.’

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.