What do these verses teach about vows?
Genesis 28:20-21~
Genesis 31:13~
Numbers 20:2~
Deuteronomy 23:21-23~
Judges 11:30-31, 39~
I Samuel 1:11~
2 Samuel 15:7-8~
Job 22:27~
Psalm 22:25~
Psalm 50:14-15~
Psalm 56:12~
Psalm 61:4-5, 8~
Psalm 66:13-14~
Psalm 76:11~
Psalm 116:14-19~
Psalm 132:2-5~
Proverbs 20:25, 35~
Jonah 2:9~
Matthew 5:33-37~
Mark 6:23-26~
Acts 5:1-11, 33~
Acts 18:18~
James 5:12~
How does James 1:26 compare with Ecclesiastes 5:7?
James 1:27 speaks of religion as a two-part thing: service & personal
purity. How does this relate to Ecclesiastes 5:1-7?
What 2 principles concerning vows are given in vss. 4-5?
What does it mean to fear God?
What doe these verses add to your understanding of fearing God?
Deuteronomy 13:4~
Job 28:28~
Psalm 2:11~
Psalm 5:7~
Psalm 19:9~
Psalm 86:11~
Psalm 89:6-8~
Psalm 112:1~
Proverbs 2:3-5~
Proverbs 8:13~
Proverbs 15:1~
Isaiah 8:13~
Isaiah 33:6~
Jeremiah 32:39-40~
Malachi 3:16~
Hebrews 12:28~
I Peter 3:15~
Revelation 15:4~
Westminister Confession of Faith
Chapter 22--Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
Paragraph 5: A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness. (a)
a. Is. 19:21; Eccl. 5:46; Ps. 61:8; 66:1314.
Paragraph 6: It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: (a) and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for the obtaining of what we want, whereby we more strictly bind ourselves to
necessary duties: or, to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto. (b)
a. Ps. 76:11; Jer. 44:2526.
b. Deut 23:2123; Ps. 50:14; Gen. 28:2022; 1 Sam. 1:11;
Ps. 66:13-14; 132:25.
Questions or comments?
