Ecclesiastes 5:5

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:25

A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

Leviticus 5:4

`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; --when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;

Jonah 2:9

And I--with a voice of thanksgiving--I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation is of Jehovah.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he is .

Acts 5:4

while it remained, did it not remain thine? and having been sold, in thy authority was it not? why is it that thou didst put in thy heart this thing? thou didst not lie to men, but to God;'

Deuteronomy 23:21

`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee--sin.

Deuteronomy 23:22

`And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.

Judges 11:35

And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I--I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'