Ecclesiastes 5:6
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“Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?”
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