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When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.


Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.


I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.


"Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.


For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him! He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,




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