American King James Version
"Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:5, American King James Version
“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ”
“It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.”
“It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.”
“Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.”
“It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.”
“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few.
For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.
Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God. ¶
If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they. ¶