Ecclesiastes 5:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Vowest

For

Psalm 147:10

Malachi 1:10

Hebrews 10:6

General references

Deuteronomy 23:21

Judges 11:30

Bible References

Vowest

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me

food to eat and garments to wear,

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

If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you.

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;

Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

I have sworn and I will confirm it,
That I will keep Your righteous ordinances.

Thus the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it.

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘

You shall not

make false vows, but shall fulfill your

vows to the Lord.’

For

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have taken no pleasure.

General references

“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you.

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,