Ecclesiastes 5:1-5 NIV

Ecclesiastes 5:1-5

Fulfill Your Vow to God

In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19. Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Do not be quick with your mouth,

do not be hasty in your heart

to utter anything before God.

God is in heaven

and you are on earth,

so let your words be few.

A dream comes when there are many cares,

and many words mark the speech of a fool.

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

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