That thou shouldest not vow; for this was no sin, because men are free to make such vows, or not to make them, as they think fit. See Numbers 30:3, &c.; Deuteronomy 23:22 Acts 5:4. But having vowed we cannot forbear payment of them without sin.
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Ecclesiastes 5:5
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.