Verse 4

If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes: and I wyll pay thee my vowes 14 whiche I promised with my lippes, and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Make vowes vnto God your Lorde, & perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym: bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer vnto God prayse: and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes.
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 In burnt sacrifices & sinne (offerynges) thou hast had no pleasure.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 21 When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, thou shalt not flacke to pay it: For the Lorde thy God wyll surely require it of thee, and it shalbe sinne in thee. 22 If thou shalt leaue bowyng, it shalbe no sinne in thee. 23 But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes, thou must kepe and do, accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll, and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God sayd vnto Iacob: aryse, and get thee vp to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an aulter vnto God that appeared vnto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 For we wyll aryse and go vp to Bethel, and I wyll make an aulter there vnto God, whiche hearde me in the day of my affliction, and was with me in the way whiche I went.
  • Ps 116:14 : 14 I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God: in the presence of all his people.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder. 17 I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng: and I wyll call vpon the name of God. 18 I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people:
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: he delighteth not in the legges of a man. 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 And the Lorde shalbe knowen in Egypt, and the Egyptians shall knowe the Lorde in that day, and do sacrifice and oblation: yea they shall vowe a vowe vnto the Lord, and perfourme it.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with the voyce of thankesgeuing, and wyll pay that that I haue vowed: for saluation is of the Lorde.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there euen among you that would shutte the doores, and kindle not fire on myne aulter in vaine? I haue no pleasure in you, saith the Lorde of hoastes, neither wyll I accept an offering at your hande.