Ecclesiastes 5:2-6
2 ▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore blet your words be few. 3For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with cmany words. 4When dyou vow a vow to God, edo not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. fPay what you vow. 5 gIt is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6Let not your mouth lead you ▼
▼Hebrew your flesh
into sin, and do not say before ithe messenger ▼▼Or angel
that it was ka mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? Ezekiel 17:18-19
18He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.Matthew 14:7
7so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.Matthew 14:9
9And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.Mark 6:23
23And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, lup to half of my kingdom.”Acts 23:12
A Plot to Kill Paul
12When it was day, mthe Jews made a plot and nbound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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