Ecclesiastes 5:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them.

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  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 Therfore will I go into thy house wt bretofferinges, to paye the my vowes, 14 which I promised wt my lippes, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God, se that kepe it, all ye that be roude aboute him: brynge presentes vnto him yt ought to be feared.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge, and paye thy vowes vnto the most hyest.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 Burntofferynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 21 Whan thou makest a vowe vnto ye LORDE yi God, to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto the. 22 Yf thou leaue vowinge, then is it no synne vnto the. 23 But that which is proceaded out of yi lyppes shalt thou kepe, and do therafter, acordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the LORDE of a frewyll, which thou hast spoken wt thy mouth.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 And Iacob made a vowe, and sayde: Yf God wyll be with me, and kepe me in this iourney yt I go & geue me bred to eate, and clothinge to put on,
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God sayde vnto Iacob: Get the vp, and go vnto Bethel, & dwell there, and make there an altare vnto the God, that appared vnto the, whan thou fleddest from thy brother Esau.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 and let vs get vp, and go vnto Bethel, that I maye there make an altare vnto the God, which herde me in the tyme of my trouble, and hath bene with me in the waye that I haue gone.
  • Ps 116:14 : 14 I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people, right deare in the sight of ye LORDE is the death of his sayntes.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 and the sonne of thy handmayden, thou hast broken my bondes in sonder. 17 I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge, and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE. 18 I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people,
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I haue sworne & am sted fastly purposed, to kepe the iudgmetes of thy rightuousnesse.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse, nether delyteth he in eny mas legges. 11 But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him, and put their trust in his mercy.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 Morouer, Egipte shalbe bought vnto the LORDE, and the Egiptians also shal knowe the LORDE at the same tyme: they shal do him reuerence with peace offringes, and with meatoffringes: they shal promyse him offringes, yee & paye him also.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I wil do the sacrifice with the voyce of thankesgeuynge, and wil paye that I haue vowed: for why? saluacion commeth of the LORDE.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Yee what is he amonge you, that wil do so moch as to shut ye dores, or to kyndle ye fyre vpo myne aulter for naught? I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the LORDE off hoostes: and as for the meatofferinge, I wil not accepte it at youre honde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye.

    6Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

    7And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    81%

    21Whan thou makest a vowe vnto ye LORDE yi God, to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto the.

    22Yf thou leaue vowinge, then is it no synne vnto the.

    23But that which is proceaded out of yi lyppes shalt thou kepe, and do therafter, acordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the LORDE of a frewyll, which thou hast spoken wt thy mouth.

  • Eccl 5:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

    2Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

    3For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

  • Num 30:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth.

    3Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto ye LORDE, and bynde hirself, whyle she is in hir fathers house, and vnmaried,

    4and hir vowe or bonde that she maketh ouer hir soule, commeth to hir fathers eares, & he holde his peace therto, the all hir vowes & bondes yt she hath boude hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stode in effecte.

  • Job 22:27
    73%

    27The shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, & he shal heare the, & thou shalt kepe thy promyses.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • Lev 5:4
    72%

    4Or whan a soule sweareth, so yt he pronounceth wt his mouth to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a man pronounceth wt an ooth) & was not awarre of it, & afterwarde cometh to the knowlege therof, he hath offended in one of these.

  • Prov 20:25
    72%

    25It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes.

  • Prov 26:10
    70%

    10A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2Kepe the kynges commaundemet (I warne the) & the ooth yt thou hast made vnto God.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26Be not thou one of them yt bynde ther hande vpo promyse, and are suertie for dett:

    27for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    33Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Deut 5:11
    69%

    11Thou shalt not take ye name of ye LORDE yi God in vayne: For ye LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, yt taketh his name in vaine.

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4As for shame, thou hast set it asyde, els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God:

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4He yt setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of the that feare the LORDE: he yt sweareth vnto his neghboure & dispoynteth him not.

  • Ps 50:14
    69%

    14Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge, and paye thy vowes vnto the most hyest.

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Ps 76:11
    68%

    11Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God, se that kepe it, all ye that be roude aboute him: brynge presentes vnto him yt ought to be feared.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.

  • Eccl 7:17
    68%

    17be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15He that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth himself: but he that medleth not with suerteshippe, is sure.

  • Prov 19:10
    68%

    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

  • Ps 22:25
    68%

    25I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion, and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all the that feare the.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Exod 20:7
    67%

    7Thou shalt not take the name of ye LORDE thy God in vayne. For the LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, that taketh his name in vayne.

  • Ps 116:18
    67%

    18I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people,

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

  • Prov 6:1
    67%

    1My sone, yf thou be suertie for yi neghboure, thou hast fastened thine hode wt another ma:

  • Prov 5:9
    67%

    9That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.

  • Eccl 7:9
    67%

    9Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

  • Prov 3:27
    67%

    27Refuse not to do good vnto him that shulde haue it, so longe as thine hande is able to do it.

  • Prov 19:3
    67%

    3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 17:21
    67%

    21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • Eccl 7:5
    67%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.