Numbers 30:2

New International Reader's Version

Suppose a man makes a special promise to the Lord. Or suppose he gives his word to do something. Then he must keep his promise. He must do everything he said he would do.

Cross References

Job 22:27

You will pray to him, and he will hear you. You will keep the promises you made to him.

Psalm 116:14

In front of all the Lord’s people, I will do what I promised him.

Psalm 116:18

In front of all the Lord’s people, I will do what I promised him.

Psalm 119:106

I have made a promise to follow your laws, because they are right.

Psalm 15:3

They don’t tell lies about other people. They don’t do wrong to their neighbors. They don’t say anything bad about them.

Psalm 22:25

Because of what you have done, I will praise you in the whole community of those who worship you. In front of those who respect you, I will keep my promises.

Psalm 50:14

Bring me thank offerings, because I am your God. Carry out the promises you made to me, because I am the Most High God.

Psalm 55:20

My companion attacks his friends. He breaks his promise.

Psalm 56:12

God, I have made promises to you. I will bring my thank offerings to you.

Psalm 76:11

Make promises to the Lord your God and keep them. Let all the neighboring nations bring gifts to the God who should be respected.

Exodus 20:7

“Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will find guilty anyone who misuses his name.

Proverbs 20:25

A person is trapped if they make a hasty promise to God and only later thinks about what they said.

Leviticus 5:4

Or suppose someone makes a promise to do something without thinking it through. It does not matter what they promised. It does not matter whether they made the promise without thinking about it carefully. And suppose they are not aware that they did not think it through. When they find out about it, they will be guilty.

Nahum 1:15

Look at the mountains of Judah! I see a messenger running to bring good news! He’s telling us that peace has come! People of Judah, celebrate your feasts. Carry out your promises. The evil Assyrians won’t attack you again. They’ll be completely destroyed.

Numbers 21:2

Then Israel made a promise to the Lord. They said, “Hand these people over to us. If you do, we will set their cities apart to you in a special way to be destroyed.”

Numbers 30:10

“Suppose a woman living with her husband makes a special promise. Or she gives her word to do something.

Numbers 32:24

So build up cities for your women and children. Make sheep pens for your flocks. But do what you have promised to do.”

Matthew 23:16

“How terrible for you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone makes a promise in the name of the temple, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gold of the temple must keep that promise.’

Matthew 23:18

You also say, ‘If anyone makes a promise in the name of the altar, it means nothing. But anyone who makes a promise in the name of the gift on the altar must keep that promise.’

Acts 23:12

The next morning some Jews gathered secretly to make plans against Paul. They made a promise to themselves. They promised that they would not eat or drink anything until they killed him.

Acts 23:14

They went to the chief priests and the elders. They said, “We have made a special promise to God. We will not eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

Don’t give in to them. More than 40 of them are waiting in hiding to attack him. They have promised that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now. All they need is for you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

I call God to be my witness. May he take my life if I’m lying. I wanted to spare you, so I didn’t return to Corinth.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. And the people made him their leader and commander. He went to Mizpah. There he repeated to the Lord everything he had said.

Judges 11:39

After the two months were over, she returned to her father. He did to her just what he had promised to do. And she was a virgin. So that became a practice in Israel.