Ecclesiastes 5:4

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Ya`akov vowed 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 put on,

Genesis 35:1

God said to Ya`akov, *Arise, go up to Beit-El, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esav your brother.*

Genesis 35:3

Let us arise, and go up to Beit-El. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.*

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

Psalm 22:25

Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Elyon.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

Isaiah 19:21

The LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to the LORD, and will perform it.

Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.*

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 Armies, *neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Numbers 30:2

When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, 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 them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

Hebrews 10:6

You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.

Judges 11:35

It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I can't go back.