Kohelet 5:4-6

Orthodox Jewish Bible

^4 (5:3) When thou vowest a neder unto Elohim, defer not to pay it; for Hashem hath no pleasure in kesilim; pay that which thou hast vowed.

^5 (5:4) Better it is that thou shouldest not make a neder, than that thou shouldest vow and not fulfill the neder.

^6 (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy basar into chet (sin); neither say thou before the Malach [of G-d], that it was a mistake. Wherefore should HaElohim be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?