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For a dream cometh with a multitude of [a]business, and a fool’s voice with a multitude of words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Or, travail

A dream(A) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(B)

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(C) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(D) It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.(E)

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