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Do not allow your mouth to lead you into sin and then plead before God’s messenger[a] that it was all a mistake. Otherwise God will become angered at your words and destroy the work of your hands.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Messenger: i.e., the priest. An allusion to sins committed or vows uttered inadvertently (see Lev 4:2, 22, 27; Num 15:22, 29).