Keeping Vows

21 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to keep it, because he will require it of you, and it will be counted against you as sin.

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21 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.

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27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,(A)
and you will fulfill your vows.

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27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

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25 I will give praise in the great assembly
because of you;(A)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear you.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:25 Lit him

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

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14 Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to God,(A)
and pay your vows to the Most High.(B)

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14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

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12 I am obligated by vows[a] to you, God;
I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 56:12 Lit On me the vows

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

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13 I will enter your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows(A)

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13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

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14 that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.(A)

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14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

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14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.(A)

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14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

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18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,(A)

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18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

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When you make a vow to God,(A) don’t delay fulfilling it, because he does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

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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.

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15 Look to the mountains—
the feet of the herald,(A)
who proclaims peace.
Celebrate your festivals, Judah;
fulfill your vows.
For the wicked one will never again
march through you;
he will be entirely wiped out.

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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.

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14 “The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord.(A) For I am a great King,” says the Lord of Armies, “and my name will be feared among the nations.

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14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

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Tell the Truth

33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors,You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:33 Lv 19:12; Nm 30:2; Dt 23:21

33 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:

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