Ecclesiastes 5:5

The Scriptures 1998

It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is set-apart,” And only later to reconsider his vows.

Leviticus 5:4

‘Or when a being swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man swears rashly with an oath, and it has been hidden from him, when he shall know it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

Jonah 2:9

“But I offer to You with the voice of thanksgiving, I pay what I have vowed. Deliverance is of יהוה.”

Malachi 2:7

“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה  of hosts.

Acts 5:4

“While it remained, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your authority? Why have you conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 23:21

“When you make a vow to יהוה  your Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for יהוה  your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:22

“But when you abstain from vowing, it is not sin in you.

Judges 11:35

And it came to be, when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, “Oh my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me! And I, I have given my word to יהוה, and I am unable to turn back.”