Genesis 28:20

Jacob vows that if God keeps him, provides for him, and is with him, then certain commitments will follow.

Cross-references · 27

• 1 Tim 6:8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
• 2 Sam 15:8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
• Gen 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
• John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
• Ps 66:13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
• Judg 11:30–31And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
• Ps 61:8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
• Ps 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
• Ps 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
• Ps 132:2How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
• Acts 23:12–15And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
• Ps 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
• Ps 116:18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
• Ps 116:14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
• 1 Sam 1:11And 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.
• Neh 9:1–10Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
• 1 Sam 1:28Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
• Gen 28:15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
• Num 21:2–3And 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.
• Ps 22:25My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
• Num 6:1–20And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
• Eccl 5:1–7Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
• Isa 19:21And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
• Ps 61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
• Acts 18:18And 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.
• 1 Sam 14:24And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
• Lev 27:1–34And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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