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When you make a vow to God,
    do not delay in fulfilling it,
for he takes no pleasure[a] in fools.
    Fulfill what you vow!
It is better that you not vow
    than that you vow and not fulfill it.
Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin,
    and do not tell the messenger that it was a mistake.
Why anger God at your words,
    so that he destroys the work of your hands?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Literally “there is no desire”