^2 [a] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore ^(A)let your words be few.

⁴ When ^(A)you vow a vow to God, ^(B)do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. ^(C)Pay what you vow. ^5 (D)It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. ⁶ Let not your mouth lead you^[a] into sin, and do not say before ^(E)the messenger^[b] that it was ^(F)a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?