Bible Questions Answered:
“Whats a vow and how do you make
it?...”
Pauline/ Quezon City, Philippines
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Vow:
A Solemn promise or pledge made to God, dedicating oneself to an act,
service or way of life. A solemn promise of love and fidelity
(marriage vows).
(New World Dictionary)
Job 22:27
You will pray
to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
Psalm 50:14,15 KJV
14 Offer unto
God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto The Most High:
15 And call
upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt
glorify Me.
Psalm 61:8 KJV
So will I sing
praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalm 76:11 NLT
(Gifts Encouraged)
Make vows to
The Lord your God, and keep them. Let everyone bring tribute to The
Awesome One.
Psalm 116:12-14
KJV (Gratitude)
12 What shall I
render unto The Lord for all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take
the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay
my vows unto The Lord now in the presence of all his people.
The Word, warns not to make a vow and then not fulfill it!
Numbers 30:2 NLT
A man who makes
a vow to The Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it.
He must do exactly what he said he would do.
Deuteronomy
23:21-23 NLT
21 “When you
make a vow to The Lord your God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you
promised Him. For The Lord your God demands that you promptly fulfill
all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin.
22 However, it
is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.
23 But once you
have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to
The Lord your God.
Ecclesiastes
5:4,5 KJV
4 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.
5 Better is it
that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not
pay.
Bible Vows:
Nazarite Vow:
Numbers 6:1-21 KJV
1 And The Lord
spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman
shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate
themselves unto The Lord:
3 He shall
separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink
any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
4 All the days
of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,
from the kernels even to the husk.
5 All the days
of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head:
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto
The Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of
his head grow.
6 All the days
that he separateth himself unto The Lord he shall come at no dead
body.
7 He shall not
make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his
brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration
of his God is upon his head.
8 All the days
of his separation he is holy unto The Lord.
9 And if any
man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his
consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And on the
eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the
priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11 And the
priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by
the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And he shall
consecrate unto The Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring
a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that
were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
13 And this is
the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are
fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
14 And he shall
offer his offering unto The Lord, one he lamb of the first year
without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first
year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish
for peace offerings,
15 And a basket
of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers
of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and
their drink offerings.
16 And the
priest shall bring them before The Lord, and shall offer his sin
offering, and his burnt offering:
17 And he shall
offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto The Lord, with
the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
18 And the
Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head
of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the
sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And the
priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened
cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them
upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is
shaven:
20 And the
priest shall wave them for a wave offering before The Lord: this is
holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and
after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
21 This is the
law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto The Lord
for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to
the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his
separation.
Jacob:
Genesis 28:20,21 KJV
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,
21 So that I
come again to my father's house in peace; then shall The Lord be my
God:
Israel
Numbers 21:2,3 KJV
2 And Israel
vowed a vow unto The Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this
people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And The Lord
hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites;
and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the
name of the place Hormah.
Jephthah
Judges 11:30,31 KJV (A foolish vow.)
30 And Jephthah
vowed a vow unto The Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail
deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it
shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to
meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall
surely be The Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Hannah
I Samuel 1:11 KJV
And she vowed a
vow, and said, O Lord Of Hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the
affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will
give him unto The Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no
razor come upon his head.
Pagan Sailors
Jonah 1:16 KJV
Then the men
feared The Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto The Lord,
and made vows.
Paul
Acts 18:18 KJV
And Paul after
this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the
brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and
Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Paul's Companions
Acts 21:23 NLT
"...We
have four men here who have completed their vow.
