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Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 BSB

Ecclesiastes 5:4 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 30:2 (20 votes) and Deuteronomy 23:21–23 (15 votes). 32 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 28 to Hebrews 10.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Numbers 30:220 votes

    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

  2. Deuteronomy 23:21–2315 votes

    If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. …

  3. Psalm 76:1115 votes

    Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

  4. Matthew 5:3315 votes

    Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

  5. Psalm 66:13–1411 votes

    I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You— the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

  6. Psalm 50:148 votes

    Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

  7. Psalm 119:1065 votes

    I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

  8. Psalm 116:143 votes

    I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.

  9. Psalm 147:10–113 votes

    He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

  10. Malachi 1:103 votes

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

  11. Hebrews 10:63 votes
  12. Genesis 28:202 votes

    Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

  13. Psalm 116:16–182 votes
  14. Jonah 2:92 votes
  15. Genesis 35:11 vote
  16. Isaiah 19:211 vote
  17. Genesis 35:30 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:4?

The 10 strongest of 32.