What Does the Bible Say About Vow?

Numbers 30:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If 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.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Jonah 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

James 5:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

Isaiah 28:14-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”; therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 Timothy 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Titus 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. ...

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Deuteronomy 14:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year. And before the Lord your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry the tithe, when the Lord your God blesses you, because the place is too far from you, which the Lord your God chooses, to set his name there, then you shall turn it into money and bind up the money in your hand and go to the place that the Lord your God chooses and spend the money for whatever you desire—oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your appetite craves. And you shall eat there before the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.

Genesis 14:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

24 Bible Verses about Vow

Numbers 30:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jonah 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 5:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:14-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 14:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 14:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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24 Bible Verses about Vow

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Numbers 30:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 5:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Jonah 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James 5:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 28:14-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 14:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 14:22-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 14:18-20 ESV / 1 helpful vote