Advice and Further Reflections
Ecclesiastes 5–11 (selections)
Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
Chaprer 5
3When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. For He has no pleasure in fools; what you vow, fulfill. 4It is better not to vow at all than to vow and not fulfill. [ . . . ]
7If you see in a province oppression of the poor and suppression of right and justice, don’t wonder at the fact; for one high official is protected by a…
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