Ecclesiastes 5:5 · KJV
“Better {is it} that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:5
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for {he hath} no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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 thine hands?
Ecclesiastes 5 — Context
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice {is known} by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for {he hath} no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better {is it} that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6Suffer 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 thine hands?
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words {there are} also {divers} vanities: but fear thou God.
Cross References
Acts 5:4
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Deuteronomy 23:22
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Proverbs 20:25
{It is} a snare to the man {who} devoureth {that which is} holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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