Ecclesiastes 5:5KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 5 of 20
"Better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay."
In context
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice by multitude of words.
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.