^{4 Ref} When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

^{5 Ref} Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

^{6 Ref} Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that is was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?