Be not hasty with thy mouth,

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Keep the king's commandment, I warn thee, and the oath that thou hast made unto God.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.