⁴ When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.^(A) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.^(B)

¹⁵ Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,^(A) and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(B) This will happen if you diligently obey^(C) the Lord your God.”

³⁴ You brood of vipers,^(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks^(B) what the heart is full of.

¹⁸ But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,^(A) and these defile them.

⁴⁵ A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.^(A)

⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^[a](A) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: