Approach God with Reverence: Beware Rash Vows and Idle Words
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
1Guard your foot when you go to the house of God, and draw near to listen rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know to do bad.2Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart hasten to bring forth a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.3For a dream comes with much task, and the voice of a fool with many words.4When you vow a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it, for there is no pleasure in fools; what you vow, fulfill.5It is better that you do not vow than that you vow and do not fulfill it.6Do not give your mouth to cause your flesh to sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?7For in abundance of dreams and vanities and many words, fear God.