Ecclesiastes 5:4

New English Translation

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:3

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

Psalm 116:14

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people.

Psalm 119:106

I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations.

Psalm 22:25

You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers.

Psalm 50:14

Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

Isaiah 19:21

The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the Lord’s authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.

Jonah 2:9

But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Malachi 1:10

“I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Numbers 30:2

If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

Matthew 5:33

“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

Hebrews 10:6

“Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.”