Ecclesiastes 5:4

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Numbers 30:2

If a man vows 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.

Matthew 5:33

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

Psalm 76:11

Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

Psalm 50:14

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

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

Hebrews 10:6

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

Malachi 1:10

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, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Jonah 2:9

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

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules.

Genesis 35:3

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

Genesis 35:1

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

Isaiah 19:21

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

Genesis 28:20

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,

Judges 11:35

And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”

Psalm 22:25

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

Proverbs 20:25

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