Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ It is better to promise nothing than to promise something and not be able to do it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. [Prov. 20:25; Acts 5:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Common English Bible

⁵ Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, "There is no Providence." For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 Referencias Cruzadas

Acts 5:4

Before you sold the field, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this bad thing? You lied to God, not to us men!”

Proverbs 20:25

Think carefully before you promise to give something to God. Later you might wish that you had not made that promise.

Deuteronomy 23:22

If you don’t make a promise, then you are not sinning.

Deuteronomy 23:21

“When you make a promise to the Lord your God, don’t be slow to pay all that you promised. Why? Because the Lord your God will demand that you pay it. You will sin if you don’t pay the things you promised.

Judges 11:35

When Jephthah saw that his daughter was the first thing to come out of his house, he tore his clothes to show his sadness. Then he said, “Oh, my daughter! You have ruined me! You have made me very, very sad! I made a promise to the Lord, and I cannot change it!”

Jonah 2:9

Salvation comes only from the Lord!\par “Lord, I will give sacrifices to you,\par and I will praise and thank you.\par I will make special promises to you,\par and I will do the things I promise.”\par

Leviticus 5:4

Or a person might make a quick promise to do something—it makes no difference if it is bad or good. People make many kinds of quick promises. A person might make such a promise and forget it. [42] When he remembers [43] his promise, then he will be guilty, because he didn’t keep his promise.

Malachi 2:7

A priest should know God’s teachings. People should be able to go to a priest and learn God’s teachings. A priest should be God’s messenger to the people.”