Ecclesiastes 5:2

⁷In praying, don’t use vain repetitions as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

¹⁹In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

⁹“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

⁹Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

²⁷Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

⁷For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

²When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

³“Also, when a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth, ⁴and her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound her soul, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she has bound her soul shall stand. ⁵But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.

³For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

²⁰Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

²⁵It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.