²⁵ It is foolish and rash to make a promise to the Lord before counting the cost.

^8-10 Don’t be hotheaded and rush to court! You may start something you can’t finish and go down before your neighbor in shameful defeat. So discuss the matter with him privately. Don’t tell anyone else, lest he accuse you of slander and you can’t withdraw what you said.

²⁰ There is more hope for a fool than for a man of quick temper.