American Standard Version
"Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. "
— Ecclesiastes 5:5, American Standard Version
“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 thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.