Will God forgive and relieve someone of a foolish vow?

Foolish vow can be one that we cannot keep. Also a vow if we were to keep it, hinderance would be the result.

James 1:5

I've heard it said that if you make a promise to God, he will make sure you break it. Because then it will be you keeping it, not God. Then you might think you have enough strength to do it yourself.

If you break the vow, is it a specific sin that you would be committing or is it a personal thing with God?

Matthew 5:37

Romans 1:31
Rom 1:31: Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Covenant breakers:
ἀσύνθετος
asunthetos
as-oon'-thet-os
From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4934; properly not agreed, that is, treacherous to compacts: - covenant-breaker

Implacable:
ἄσπονδος
aspondos
as'-pon-dos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G4689; literally without libation (which usually accompanied a treaty), that is, (by implication) truceless: - implacable, truce-breaker.

To break a vow is serious. Just like one person quoted: "Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay..."

Acts 23:12-13 a group of 40 or so devout Jews vowed not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Their plan failed. Would they be hopelessly lost if they ate or drank again? Would God forgive their foolish vow if they repented for making it?

Adam Clarke commentary on that verse:
That they would neither eat nor drink, etc. - These forty Jews were no doubt of the class of the sicarii mentioned before, (similar to those afterwards called assassins), a class of fierce zealots, who took justice into their own hand; and who thought they had a right to despatch all those who, according to their views, were not orthodox in their religious principles. If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, must they not all perish through hunger, as God put it out of their power to accomplish their vow? No: for the doctrine of sacerdotal absolution was held among the Jews as among the Papists: hence it is said, in Hieros. Avodah Zarah, fol. 40: “He that hath made a vow not to eat any thing, wo to him, if he eat; and wo to him, if he do not eat. If he eat, he sinneth against his vow; and if he do not eat, he sinneth against his life.” What must such a man do in this case? Let him go to the wise men, and they will loose him from his vow, as it is written, Pro_12:18 : “The tongue of the wise is health.” When vows were so easily dispensed with, they might be readily multiplied. See Lightfoot.

of course he can brother!

1 John 1:7-9

It sounds like you are contrite and humbled by your hasty decision. Never make a vow or sin of any kind to big for God's mercy and grace.

I have quit making foolish vows as I believe you will by seriously repenting before God.

We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us and not in our own strength.

We are to walk in the Light as He is in the Light and we will have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.

We all, as we walk with God, will experience more light and have need of the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from those sins revealed to us.

All we need to do when the light comes is to humbly confess those sins to God and be willing to obey the leadership of the Spirit and depend on Him.

Blessings to you!

QUOTE:
"Foolish vow can be one that we cannot keep. Also a vow if we were to keep it, hindrance would be the result."

After looking at this statement and thinking about it more, I am left wondering what you are trying to get out of? Some vows are meant to be kept, whether foolish or not. "Foolish" sounds like a human evaluation.

Some people would say it was foolish for me to marry this man or woman and now we have nothing but trouble. So will God forgive me if I divorce him/her? We were young and foolish....perhaps.

jerry, it might be in your and everyone's best interest to share more info lest one encourages you to sin.

It depends on the vow. But there is a place in the law where if a women made a foolish vow, the husband could take her to the gates of the city and refute the vow and she was no longer under obligation. Now Christ is our husband and can release us from foolish vows.

Of course he will........

This question was sort of vague...

But God takes vows very seriously. In Eccl. 5 He says not to make a vow and call it a mistake... He says He has no pleasure in fools who don't fulfill their vows and will destroy the work of their hands. This is just one verse, but I think you get the idea.

Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, when he meant to marry Rachel, but the covenant was still recognized.

Joshua was deceived into making a covenant with the Gibeonites and God still viewed the terms of the covenant as binding for generations.

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. John 13:8

It really does depend on the vow, the knowledge before taking the vow, and the will of God in the matter. God is the only One who knows the human heart that made the vow, the degree of knowledge or ignorance before making the vow, and His dealing with the heart after the vow was made.

In Peter’s case, he made a FOOLISH vow. If Jesus hadn’t forgiven and relieved him of his foolish vow, “thou hast no part with me” would have been his eternal sentence. We would have never heard of Peter on the day of Pentecost, the lame man at the gate called Beautiful being healed, Peter released from prison … etc. were it not for God’s forgiveness of a foolish vow.

Thank God for undeserved forgiveness of foolish vows when there is repentance!

Now I know how serious a vow to the Lord is, but I have a question. I was once engaged. I know the Lord, but entered into fornication with my fiance. Before our first act we discuseed amongst eachother that back in the day they didnt have legal certificates so we would do like them and just make vows. And we did. I was then convicted about sleeping with her. Since then we broke up. Was I wrong to break that vow of marriage that I had made, even though it was foolish?

hi, yes...

Was I wrong to break that vow of marriage that I had made, even though it was foolish?

Foolish? Yes.

Stupid? Yes.

But a vow was made. Apparently you are being convicted for it..so you better listen to what the Spirit is telling you.

This area gets ready muddy. For example, was anyone of you in a covenant relationship at any time prior to this particular event? In simple language: either one of you divorced with a spouse still living? Since Scripture forbids marrying under such a circumstance, another vow made that conflict with one standing is disorderly at the least.

Then you have the situations where you have homos and lesbians vowing to each other. Well, this relationship is sin before any vows were ever made. Some would declare that vows are meant to be kept regardless of the circumstances. But in a case like this - to vow to sin? Ummm- seems to me this is one that is meant to be broken.

Vows are very serious. Moderns are too flippant, too fickle to understand its meaning. But what does God say?

Make sense?

Yes God will forgive you, for one HE is Kind and merciful, 2nd, He realizes that we cannot even keep the LAw, so how much more a ridiculous vow, that we think we can keep.

my prayers for u go out my friend