Ecclesiastes 5:5

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Better it is that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and afterwards vows to make inquiry.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if a soul swears, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice unto you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Malachi 2:7

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

Acts 5:4

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own power? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

Deuteronomy 23:21

When you shall vow a vow unto 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 23:22

But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

Judges 11:35

And it came to pass, 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 unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.