Deuteronomy 23:21

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

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

Job 22:27

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.

Psalm 116:18

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,

Psalm 15:5

who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 56:12

My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.

Psalm 61:8

So will I ever sing praises to thy name, as I pay my vows day after day.

Psalm 76:11

Make your vows to the Lord your God, and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

Exodus 22:24

and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

Ezekiel 18:8

does not lend at interest or take any increase, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between man and man,

Jonah 1:16

Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.

Jonah 2:9

But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!”

Nahum 1:15

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, fulfil your vows, for never again shall the wicked come against you, he is utterly cut off.

Matthew 5:33

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

Deuteronomy 14:29

and the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

Deuteronomy 15:3

Of a foreigner you may exact it; but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.

1 Samuel 20:16

let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David. And may the Lord take vengeance on David's enemies.”