Deuteronomy 23:23

Modern English Version

That which goes out of your lips you must keep and do, even a freewill offering, just as you have vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised with your mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 116:18

I will pay my vows to the Lord, now in the presence of all His people,

Psalm 50:14

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to devote rashly a thing as holy, and after making vows to reconsider his consecration.

Jeremiah 44:17

But we will certainly do whatever we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for then we had plenty of food, and were well off, and saw no disaster.

Leviticus 27:2

Speak to the Israelites, and say to them: When a man makes a special vow to the Lord based on the equivalent value of persons,

Numbers 30:2

If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself with a bond, he will not break his word. He will do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Matthew 5:33

“Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’

Acts 23:12

At daybreak some of the Jews conspired under oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

Do not trust them. More than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him, are waiting for him. And now they are ready, waiting for your promise.”

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be a sin to you.

Deuteronomy 23:24

When you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat grapes to your fill at your own pleasure, but you may not put any in your basket.

Joshua 9:18

Now the Israelites did not attack them, for the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so the congregation murmured against the leaders.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he ripped up his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought utter disaster to me. You are my undoing, for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

1 Samuel 1:11

So she made a vow and said, “O  Lord of Hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant, and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give to Your maidservant a baby boy, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

1 Samuel 14:24

Now Israel’s fighting men were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under a curse, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before it is evening, and I have been avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted any food.