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Ecclesiastes warns against delaying payment of a vow, saying God has “no pleasure in fools,” and urges that what is vowed should be paid (Ecclesiastes 5:4). It adds that it is better not to vow than to vow and not pay, connecting careless words with guilt and fear of God (Ecclesiastes 5:5–7).
4When you vow a vow to God, don`t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
5It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
6Don`t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don`t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
7For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but you must fear God.