Ecclesiastes 5:4-7

English Standard Version

⁴When ^(A)you vow a vow to God, ^(B)do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. ^(C)Pay what you vow. ⁵^(D)It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. ⁶Let not your mouth lead you^[a] into sin, and do not say before ^(E)the messenger^[b] that it was ^(F)a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? ⁷For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;^[c] but^[d] ^(G)God is the one you must fear.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 5:6 Hebrew your flesh
Ecclesiastes 5:6 Or angel
Ecclesiastes 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but