Ecclesiastes 5:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version

You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, "There is no Providence." For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. [Prov. 20:25; Acts 5:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Common English Bible

Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it.