Ecclesiastes 5:5

Modern King James Version

it is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and afterward vows to ask about it.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if a soul swears, pronouncing with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man speaks rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and he knows, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

Jonah 2:9

but I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will fulfill that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Jehovah!

Malachi 2:7

For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.

Acts 5:4

While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own authority? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.

Deuteronomy 23:21

When you shall vow a vow to Jehovah your God, you shall not wait to pay it, for Jehovah your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you shall cease to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

Judges 11:35

And it happened when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me. For I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.