Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which you vow—complete.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
3For the dream has come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
5Better that you do not vow, than that you vow and do not complete.
Cross References
Genesis 35:1And God says to Jacob, “Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you in your fleeing from the face of your brother Esau.”
Numbers 30:2When a man vows a vow to YHWH, or has sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he does not defile his word; he does according to all that is going out from his mouth.
Psalms 50:14Sacrifice to God confession, || And complete your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 76:11Vow and complete to your God YHWH, || All you surrounding Him, || They bring presents to the Fearful One.
Psalms 116:16Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.
Psalms 147:10He does not delight in the might of the horse, || He is not pleased in the legs of a man.
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 →