Ecc 5:4-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Eccl 5:4-5: 5:4-5 Keep all the promises you make to him: This is virtually a direct quote from the law (Deut 23:21-23 ; see also Prov 12:22 ; 20:25 ). Vows to God were voluntary, but once they were made, it was obligatory to keep them.

bDeut 23:21-23►

cProv 12:22►

‏ Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

Summary for Eccl 5:4-5: 5:4-5 ^a Keep all the promises you make to him: This is virtually a direct quote from the law (Deut 23:21-23 ^b; see also Prov 12:22 ^c; 20:25 ^d). Vows to God were voluntary, but once they were made, it was obligatory to keep them.