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Ecclesiastes 5:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 When you make a vow[a] to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill the vow you have made. 4 It is preferable not to make a vow than to make it and fail to fulfill it.
5 Do not allow your mouth to lead you into sin and then plead before God’s messenger[b] that it was all a mistake. Otherwise God will become angered at your words and destroy the work of your hands.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:3 Vow: see Deut 23:21-23; 1 Sam 1:11, 24-28. Fools: persons who refuse to learn (see Prov 1:20-27).
- Ecclesiastes 5:5 Messenger: i.e., the priest. An allusion to sins committed or vows uttered inadvertently (see Lev 4:2, 22, 27; Num 15:22, 29).
