Ecclesiastes 5:4

New King James Version

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed—

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on,

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Genesis 35:3

Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

Psalm 116:14

I will pay my vows to the Lord Now in the presence of all His people.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.

Psalm 22:25

My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them; Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.

Isaiah 19:21

Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it.

Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.”

Malachi 1:10

“Who is there even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you,” Says the Lord of hosts, “Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

Numbers 30:2

If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Matthew 5:33

“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’

Hebrews 10:6

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.

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! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it.”