Ecclesiastes 5:5

Good News Translation

Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

Think carefully before you promise an offering to God. You might regret it later.

Leviticus 5:4

If you make a careless vow, no matter what it is about, you are guilty as soon as you realize what you have done.

Jonah 2:9

But I will sing praises to you; I will offer you a sacrifice and do what I have promised. Salvation comes from the Lord!”

Malachi 2:7

It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the Lord Almighty.

Acts 5:4

Before you sold the property, it belonged to you; and after you sold it, the money was yours. Why, then, did you decide to do such a thing? You have not lied to people—you have lied to God!”

Deuteronomy 23:21

“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not put off doing what you promised; the Lord will hold you to your vow, and it is a sin not to keep it.

Deuteronomy 23:22

It is no sin not to make a vow to the Lord,

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes in sorrow and said, “Oh, my daughter! You are breaking my heart! Why must it be you that causes me pain? I have made a solemn promise to the Lord, and I cannot take it back!”