Ecclesiastes 5:5

New Century Version

It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

It’s dangerous to promise something to God too quickly. After you’ve thought about it, it may be too late.

Leviticus 5:4

“ ‘Or someone might make a promise before the Lord without thinking. It might be a promise to do something bad or something good; it might be about anything. Even if he forgets about it, when he remembers, he will be guilty.

Jonah 2:9

But I will praise and thank you while I give sacrifices to you, and I will keep my promises to you. Salvation comes from the Lord!”

Malachi 2:7

“A priest should teach what he knows, and people should learn the teachings from him, because he is the messenger of the Lord All-Powerful.

Acts 5:4

Before you sold the land, 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? You lied to God, not to us!”

Deuteronomy 23:21

If you make a promise to give something to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, because the Lord your God demands it from you. Do not be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you do not make the promise, you will not be guilty.

Judges 11:35

When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes to show his sorrow. He said, “My daughter! You have made me so sad because I made a promise to the Lord, and I cannot break it!”