Ecclesiastes 5:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, 14 which my lips promised, And my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
  • Ps 76:11 : 11 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, 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 the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
  • Heb 10:6 : 6 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure.
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 21 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 22 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you. 23 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 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 clothing to put on,
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. 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 Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. 17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh. 18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people,
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, In those who hope in his loving kindness.
  • Isa 19:21 : 21 Yahweh shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Yahweh in that day; yes, they shall worship with sacrifice and offering, and shall vow a vow to Yahweh, and shall perform it.
  • Jonah 2:9 : 9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 5:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

    6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

    7 For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    81%

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

    22 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

    23 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.

  • Eccl 5:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

    2 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

    3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

  • Num 30:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, 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.

    3 Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

    4 and 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%

    27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.

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

  • Lev 5:4
    72%

    4 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

  • Prov 20:25
    72%

    25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.

  • Prov 26:10
    70%

    10 As an archer who wounds all, So is he who hires a fool Or he who hires those who pass by.

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts.

    27 If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Deut 5:11
    69%

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

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4 Yes, you do away with fear, And hinder devotion before God.

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, But who honors those who fear Yahweh; He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

  • Ps 50:14
    69%

    14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

  • Prov 29:20
    68%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    68%

    16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

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

  • Ps 76:11
    68%

    11 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

  • Eccl 7:17
    68%

    17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 11:15
    68%

    15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, But he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

  • Prov 19:10
    68%

    10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6 Don't you add to his words, Lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

  • Ps 22:25
    68%

    25 Of you comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

  • Prov 15:5
    68%

    5 A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

  • Exod 20:7
    67%

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

  • Ps 116:18
    67%

    18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people,

  • Job 36:18
    67%

    18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 6:1
    67%

    1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, If you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

  • Prov 5:9
    67%

    9 Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

  • Eccl 7:9
    67%

    9 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Prov 3:27
    67%

    27 Don't 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%

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 17:21
    67%

    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has 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.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.