Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

New International Reader's Version

⁴ When you make a promise to God, don’t wait too long to carry it out. He isn’t pleased with foolish people. So do what you have promised. ⁵ It is not good to make a promise and not keep it. It is better to make no promise at all. ⁶ Don’t let your mouth cause you to sin. Don’t say to the temple messenger, “My promise was a mistake.” Why should God be angry with what you say? Why should he destroy what you have done?