Ecclesiastes 5:5

WEB

⁵It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

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KJV

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

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BSB

⁵It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

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FBV

⁵Better not to make any vows at all than to make vow you don't keep.

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Extra References

Acts 5:4

⁴While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

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Deuteronomy 23:22

²²But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.

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Proverbs 20:25

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