Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ If you make a ·promise [vow] to God, don’t ·be slow to keep [delay to fulfill] it. ·God is not happy [^LFor there is no pleasure] with fools, so ·give God what you promised [^Lfulfill what you have vowed]. ⁵ It is better not to ·promise anything than to promise something and not do it [make a vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it; Deut. 23:21; Prov. 20:25; Matt. 23:16–22]. ⁶ Don’t let your ·words [^Lmouth] cause ·you [^Lyour flesh] to sin, and don’t say to the ·priest at the Temple [^Lmessenger], “·I didn’t mean what I promised [^LIt was a mistake].” ·If you do, God will [^LWhy should God…?] become angry with your words and will destroy ·everything you have worked for [^Lthe work of your hands].