Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'vow' occurs 44 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'vow' in the standard works and contain 50% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 30:2-4 (5 in 3 verses)


Deut. 23:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

 23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

 23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.




Eccl. 5:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:43-44 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 30:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 39 52 91
Gen. 2 2 4
Lev. 4 3 7
Num. 15 13 28
Deut. 5 6 11
Judg. 2 2 4
1 Sam. 2 1 3
2 Sam. 2 2 4
Job 0 1 1
Ps. 2 9 11
Prov. 0 3 3
Eccl. 3 2 5
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 0 4 4
Jonah 0 2 2
Nahum 0 1 1
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 2 0 2
BM 0 0 0
DC 3 5 8
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 44 57 101

Deut. 12:6
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

Deut. 12:11
Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

Deut. 12:17
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

Deut. 12:26
Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:

Deut. 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deut. 23:21
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

Deut. 23:22
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Deut. 23:23
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.