Ecclesiastes 5:3-5

Complete Jewish Bible

^3 (4) If you make a vow to God, don’t delay in discharging it. For God takes no pleasure in fools, so discharge your vow! ^4 (5) Better not to make a vow than to make a vow and not discharge it. ^5 (6) Don’t let your words make you guilty, and don’t tell the temple official that you made the vow by mistake. Why give God reason to be angry at what you say and destroy what you have accomplished?