^{2 Ref} Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

^{3 Ref} For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

^{4 Ref} When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

^{5 Ref} It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

^{6 Ref} Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

^{7 Ref} For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.