[a] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore (A)let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with (B)many words.

When (C)you vow a vow to God, (D)do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. (E)Pay what you vow.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

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