Ecclesiastes 5:4

New Century Version

If you make a promise to God, don’t be slow to keep it. God is not happy with fools, so give God what you promised.

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “I want God to be with me and to protect me on this journey. I want him to give me food to eat and clothes to wear

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:3

We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to God, who has helped me during my time of trouble. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”

Psalm 116:14

I will give the Lord what I promised in front of all his people.

Psalm 119:106

I will do what I have promised and obey your fair laws.

Psalm 22:25

Lord, I praise you in the great meeting of your people; these worshipers will see me do what I promised.

Psalm 50:14

Give an offering to show thanks to God. Give God Most High what you have promised.

Psalm 76:11

Make and keep your promises to the Lord your God. From all around, gifts should come to the God we worship.

Proverbs 20:25

It’s dangerous to promise something to God too quickly. After you’ve thought about it, it may be too late.

Isaiah 19:21

So the Lord will show himself to the Egyptians, and then they will know he is the Lord. They will worship God and offer many sacrifices. They will make promises to the Lord and will keep them.

Jonah 2:9

But I will praise and thank you while I give sacrifices to you, and I will keep my promises to you. Salvation comes from the Lord!”

Malachi 1:10

“I wish one of you would close the Temple doors so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you and will not accept your gifts,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Numbers 30:2

“If a man makes a promise to the Lord or says he will do something special, he must keep his promise. He must do what he said.

Matthew 5:33

“You have heard that it was said to our people long ago, ‘Don’t break your promises, but keep the promises you make to the Lord.’

Hebrews 10:6

You do not ask for burnt offerings and offerings to take away sins.

Judges 11:35

When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes to show his sorrow. He said, “My daughter! You have made me so sad because I made a promise to the Lord, and I cannot break it!”