Bible Verses About Vows
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vows, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,831 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 Vows
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6342 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.
Numbers 30:2286 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.
James 5:12269 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.
Deuteronomy 23:21-23253 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 30:1-16204 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.
Matthew 5:33-37195 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:
Job 22:27173 votes
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Psalms 76:11167 votes
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 61:8165 votes
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Proverbs 20:25163 votes
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
1 Samuel 1:11144 votes
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Psalms 61:5138 votes
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Acts 5:1-11131 votes
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Psalms 66:13119 votes
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Leviticus 5:4-13109 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.
Nahum 1:15107 votes
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.
Psalms 56:12106 votes
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 50:14100 votes
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Genesis 28:20-2299 votes
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,
Psalms 66:1496 votes
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
Psalms 116:14-1981 votes
I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Judges 11:29-4077 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.
Jonah 1:1673 votes
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
Numbers 29:3971 votes
These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
Deuteronomy 23:2170 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.
What does the Bible say about vows?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 on the subject of vows. Across 6,831 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Numbers 30:2, James 5:12, Deuteronomy 23:21-23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.