Ecclesiastes 5:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

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,

Genesis 35:1

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

Genesis 35:3

then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Psalm 116:14

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

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 22:25

From thee comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.

Psalm 50:14

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

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,

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.

Isaiah 19:21

And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians; and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day and worship with sacrifice and burnt offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.

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!”

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Numbers 30:2

When a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, 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 the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’

Hebrews 10:6

in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.

Judges 11:35

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”