Then Jacob made a vow to the LORD: "If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing,

This memorial stone which I have set up will be the place where you are worshiped, and I will give you a tenth of everything you give me."

to give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Any of you, male or female, who make a special vow to become a nazirite and dedicate yourself to the LORD

Then the Israelites made a vow to the LORD: "If you will let us conquer these people, we will unconditionally dedicate them and their cities to you and will destroy them."

"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not put off doing what you promised; the LORD will hold you to your vow, and it is a sin not to keep it.

but if you make one voluntarily, be sure that you keep it.

Jephthah promised the LORD: "If you will give me victory over the Ammonites,

I will burn as an offering the first person that comes out of my house to meet me, when I come back from the victory. I will offer that person to you as a sacrifice."

After two months she came back to her father. He did what he had promised the LORD, and she died still a virgin. This was the origin of the custom in Israel

Hannah made a solemn promise: " LORD Almighty, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut."

So I am dedicating him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he will belong to the LORD." Then they worshiped the LORD there.

So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.

Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.