Bible Verses About Breaking a Vow
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for breaking a vow, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 875 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 5:4-6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Breaking a Vow
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6130 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23108 votes
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Numbers 30:290 votes
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.
Numbers 30:1-1678 votes
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.
James 5:1260 votes
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Matthew 5:3744 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5:34-3736 votes
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
Luke 16:1835 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
1 John 1:935 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Leviticus 5:4-529 votes
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Matthew 5:33-3729 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Numbers 30:1-228 votes
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.
Deuteronomy 24:1-420 votes
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Numbers 30:617 votes
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Romans 5:815 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 1:514 votes
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Ezekiel 3:2013 votes
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Exodus 20:1612 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Malachi 2:1611 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
John 3:511 votes
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Deuteronomy 4:210 votes
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Judges 11:29-4010 votes
Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Acts 18:1810 votes
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Galatians 3:1510 votes
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Galatians 5:13-2510 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
What does the Bible say about breaking a vow?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 on the subject of breaking a vow. Across 875 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Numbers 30:2, Numbers 30:1-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.