^5 (A)It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

⁴ While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but ^(A)to God.”

²² But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.