Ecclesiastes 5:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, for He has no pleasure in fools; pay what you have vowed.

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  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Vow and pay to the LORD your God; let all around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 21 When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, it shall not be sin in you. 23 That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your 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 clothes to wear,
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to 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 to the LORD now in the presence of all His people.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people,
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 The LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day and shall offer sacrifice and gifts; yes, they shall vow a vow to the LORD and perform it.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

    6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the angel that it was an error; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

    7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also various vanities; but fear God.

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    81%

    21When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

    22But if you refrain from vowing, it shall not be sin in you.

    23That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth.

  • Eccl 5:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

    2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.

    3For a dream comes through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.

  • Num 30:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

    3If a woman also makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth,

    4And her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.

  • Job 22:27
    73%

    27You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

  • Lev 5:4
    72%

    4Or if a person swears, speaking falsely with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a person may pronounce with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

  • Prov 20:25
    72%

    25It is a snare for a man to devour what is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.

  • Prov 26:10
    70%

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

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

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.

    27If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord:'

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Deut 5:11
    69%

    11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.

  • Ps 50:14
    69%

    14Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High:

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

    20Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Ps 76:11
    68%

    11Vow and pay to the LORD your God; let all around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your 'yes' be 'yes,' and your 'no,' 'no'; lest you fall into condemnation.

  • Eccl 7:17
    68%

    17Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

  • Prov 19:10
    68%

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

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

  • Ps 22:25
    68%

    25My praise shall be of You in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Exod 20:7
    67%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

  • Ps 116:18
    67%

    18I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people,

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he takes you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.

  • Prov 6:1
    67%

    1My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands with a stranger,

  • Prov 5:9
    67%

    9Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel:

  • Eccl 7:9
    67%

    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 3:27
    67%

    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

  • Prov 19:3
    67%

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:21
    67%

    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Eccl 7:5
    67%

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