Genesis 28:20
28:20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food
to eat and clothing to wear,
Genesis 35:1
The Return to Bethel
35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Genesis 35:3
35:3 Let us go up at once
to Bethel. Then I will make
an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress
and has been with me wherever I went.”
Numbers 30:2
30:2 If a man
makes a vow
to the
Lord or takes an oath
of binding obligation on himself,
he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23
23:21 When you make a vow to the
Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he
will surely
hold you accountable as a sinner.
23:22 If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.
23:23 Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the
Lord your God as a freewill offering.
Psalms 50:14
50:14 Present to God a thank-offering!
Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Psalms 76:11
76:11 Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them!
Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!
Psalms 119:106
119:106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn
to keep your just regulations.
Isaiah 19:21
19:21 The
Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they
will acknowledge the
Lord’s authority
at that time.
They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the
Lord and fulfill them.
Matthew 5:33
Oaths
5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’