Ecclesiastes 5:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 ¶ I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 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.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
  • Matt 5:33 : 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:›
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 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. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 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,
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
  • Ps 116:14 : 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform [it].
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who [is there] even among you that would shut the doors [for nought]? neither do ye kindle [fire] on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5 Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

    6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

    7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

    23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

  • Eccl 5:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

    2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

    3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.

  • Num 30:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2 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.

    3 ¶ If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, [being] in her father's house in her youth;

    4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

  • Job 22:27
    73%

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

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 ¶ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Lev 5:4
    72%

    4 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.

  • Prov 20:25
    72%

    25 ¶ [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

  • Prov 26:10
    70%

    10 ¶ The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2 I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

    27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    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:›

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9 ¶ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  • Deut 5:11
    69%

    11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.

  • Ps 50:14
    69%

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

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

    20 ¶ Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

    16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1 ¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Ps 76:11
    68%

    11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12 ¶ 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.

  • Eccl 7:17
    68%

    17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15 ¶ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

  • Prov 19:10
    68%

    10 ¶ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Ps 22:25
    68%

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

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Exod 20:7
    67%

    7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Ps 116:18
    67%

    18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Prov 6:1
    67%

    1 ¶ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

  • Prov 5:9
    67%

    9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

  • Eccl 7:9
    67%

    9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 3:27
    67%

    27 ¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:21
    67%

    21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Eccl 7:5
    67%

    5 [It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.