For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car, si les songes naissent de la multitude des occupations, la voix de l'insensé se fait entendre dans la multitude des paroles.
KJV
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ly it would seem that a vow consists in a mere purpose of the will. On the contrary, It is written ( Eccles. 5:3 ): "If thou hast vowed anything to God, defer not to pay it, for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth Him." Therefore to vow is to promise, and a vow is a pro…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
be fulfilled in the future. Therefore a vow is not always binding. On the contrary, It is written ( Eccles. 5:3,4 ): "Whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it; and it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised." I answer that, For one to be accounted…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the reason why vows should be paid to God, because "an unfaithful . . . promise displeaseth Him" [* Eccles. 5:3 ]. Reply to Objection 1: Honesty demands that a man should keep any promise he makes to another man, and this obligation is based on the natural law. But for a man to b…
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