World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:4
“When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 5
2
Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
4
When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
5
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
6
Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
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