Psalm 35:13 uses 'afflicted myself with fasting' — identical language for personal self-denial, echoing the vow of affliction here.

Isaiah 58:5 speaks of 'humbling oneself' (same root) in fasting, critiquing outward form; here the vow of affliction is a legal matter.

1 Corinthians 11:3 establishes a hierarchy of headship, underlying the husband's authority to confirm or void his wife's vows here.

1 Corinthians 11:9 grounds the husband's authority in creation order, supporting the husband's role in establishing vows here.

Ezra 8:21 describes a communal fast to 'humble ourselves' (same root as afflict soul), paralleling the self-denial in vows here.

1 Corinthians 7:5 permits temporary marital abstinence for prayer, a voluntary 'deprivation' similar to the affliction vow subject to husband’s consent.

1 Peter 3:1-6 instructs wives to submit to husbands, aligning with the husband's authority over her vows here.