Ecclesiastes 5:6DRA

Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 6 of 20

"Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?"
Ecclesiastes 5:6

In context

4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

5Better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

7For in the multitude of dreams and many words also vanities: but fear thou God.

8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for higher than the highest regardeth; and higher than they.

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