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Ecclesiastes 5:5-7
The Message
Ecclesiastes 5:5-7
The Message
4-5 When you tell God you’ll do something, do it—now.
God takes no pleasure in foolish drivel. Vow it, then do it.
Far better not to vow in the first place than to vow and not pay up.
6 Don’t let your mouth make a total sinner of you.
When called to account, you won’t get by with
“Sorry, I didn’t mean it.”
Why risk provoking God to angry retaliation?
7 But against all illusion and fantasy and empty talk
There’s always this rock foundation: Fear God!
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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