Deuteronomy 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the
hire of a whore, or the price of a
dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for
any vow: for even both these [
are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Genesis 28:20 And Jacob
vowed 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 raiment to put on,
Genesis 35:1-
3 And
God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee
when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. ... And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God,
who answered me in the day of my distress, and
was with me in the way which I went.
Leviticus 27:2-
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When a man shall make
a singular vow, the persons [
shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation. ... These [
are] the
commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel
in mount Sinai.
Numbers 30:2-
16 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or
swear an oath
to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not
break his word,
he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. ... These [
are] the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, [
being yet] in her youth in her father's house.
Psalms 56:12 Thy vows [
are] upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 66:13-
14 I will
go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will
pay thee my vows, ... Which my lips have
uttered, and my
mouth hath spoken,
when I was in trouble.
Psalms 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God:
let all that be round about him bring presents
unto him that ought to be feared.
Psalms 116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
Ecclesiastes 5:4-
5 When thou
vowest a vow unto God, defer not to
pay it;
for [
he hath] no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. ... Better [
is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Jonah 1:16 Then the men
feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and
made vows.
Jonah 2:9 But
I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay [
that] that I have vowed.
Salvation [
is] of the LORD.
Nahum 1:15 Behold
upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah,
keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for
the wicked shall
no more pass through thee;
he is utterly cut off.