Deuteronomy 23:23
But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin.
Cross References
Numbers 30:2And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded:
Judges 11:30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,
1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, saying: O Lord, of hosts, if thou wilt look down on the affliction of thy servant, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a man child: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.
Psalms 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
Psalms 116:18I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
Ecclesiastes 5:4And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:16-25
Protection of Fugitives; The Law Concerning Usury. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for… Read the whole commentary →