Ecclesiastes 5:4-8 (5:3) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ (5:3) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest. ⁵ (5:4) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. ⁶ (5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt, neither say thou before the messenger, that it was an error; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands? ⁷ (5:6) For through the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but fear thou God. ⁸ (5:7) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.