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Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5:5 Go To Ecclesiastes 5

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Sin by making a vow, above thy strength, (Chaldean; Pineda) or by speaking what may excite the passions. (Thaumat.; Bossuet) Angel guardian assigned to each one, (Worthington) or the priest, who took cognizance of vows. (Calmet) Providence, or "foresight "in me to avoid the evil. Hebrew and Septuagint, "it is an error "(Haydock) or sin of ignorance, for which certain victims were specified, Leviticus v. 4. The neglect of vows could not be thus expiated. (Calmet) Use no allurements to lust. (Menochius)
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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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