Ecclesiastes 5:3
If you have vowed anything to God, you should not delay to repay it. And whatever you have vowed, render it. But an unfaithful and foolish promise displeases him.
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In Context
2Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found.
4And it is much better not to make a vow, than, after a vow, not to fulfill what was promised.
Cross References
Leviticus 27:2Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man who will have made a vow and espoused his soul to God shall give the price according to the estimation.
Proverbs 10:19In a multitude of speaking, sin will not be lacking. But whoever tempers his lips is most prudent.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:2-4
A Caution to Worshippers. 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Solomon's design, in driving us off from the world, by… Read the whole commentary →