Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

New King James Version

Fear God, Keep Your Vows

5 Walk ^(A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather ^(B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

²Do not be ^(C)rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words ^(D)be few.
³For a dream comes through much activity,
And ^(E)a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

⁴^(F)When you make a vow to God, do not delay to ^(G)pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—
⁵^(H)Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

⁶Do not let your ^(I)mouth cause your flesh to sin, ^(J)nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your ^[a]excuse and destroy the work of your hands? ⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But ^(K)fear God.