Holman Christian Standard Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:1-5 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1. Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to draw near in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.

2. Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

3. For dreams result from much work and a fool’s voice from many words.

4. When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because He does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

5. Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.