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2 Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few. 3 As dreams come along with many cares, so a fool’s voice along with a multitude of words. 4 When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed. 5 It is better not to make a vow than make it and not fulfill it. 6 Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, “It was a mistake.” Why should God be angered by your words and destroy the works of your hands? Ecclesiastes 5:2-6, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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