Numbers 30:2

New Living Translation

A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.

Cross References

Job 22:27

You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.

Psalm 116:14

I will keep my promises to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

Psalm 116:18

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people—

Psalm 119:106

I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise it again: I will obey your righteous regulations.

Psalm 15:3

Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.

Psalm 22:25

I will praise you in the great assembly. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who worship you.

Psalm 50:14

Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.

Psalm 55:20

As for my companion, he betrayed his friends; he broke his promises.

Psalm 56:12

I will fulfill my vows to you, O God, and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.

Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the Lord your God, and keep them. Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.

Exodus 20:7

“You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

Proverbs 20:25

Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost.

Leviticus 5:4

“Or suppose you make a foolish vow of any kind, whether its purpose is for good or for bad. When you realize its foolishness, you must admit your guilt.

Nahum 1:15

Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news! He is bringing a message of peace. Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah, and fulfill all your vows, for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again. They will be completely destroyed!

Numbers 21:2

Then the people of Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.”

Numbers 30:10

“But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband’s home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.

Numbers 32:24

Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”

Matthew 23:16

“Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’

Matthew 23:18

And you say that to swear ‘by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear ‘by the gifts on the altar’ is binding.

Acts 23:12

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:14

They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

But don’t do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”

2 Corinthians 1:23

Now I call upon God as my witness that I am telling the truth. The reason I didn’t return to Corinth was to spare you from a severe rebuke.

Judges 11:11

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the Lord, Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.

Judges 11:39

When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel