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It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfil it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your words, and destroy the work of your hands?

With many dreams come vanities and a multitude of words;[a] but fear God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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