Ecclesiastes 5:3
Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
4It is better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Cross References
Leviticus 27:2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,
Proverbs 10:19By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
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 →