Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

International Standard Version

Keep Your Promises to God

⁴ When you make a promise to God, don’t fail to keep it, since he isn’t pleased with fools. Keep what you promise— ⁵ it’s better that you don’t promise than that you do promise and not follow through.^{[a] 6} Never let your mouth cause you^[b] to sin and don’t proclaim in the presence of the angel,^[c] “My promise^[d] was a mistake,” for why should God be angry at your excuse^[e] and destroy what you’ve undertaken?