What should we do upon realizing that we have failed to keep our word? In God’s Law to Israel, there was a merciful provision for someone who was guilty of “speaking thoughtlessly with his lips. ”
يَذْكُرُ ٱلْكِتَابُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسُ « أَنَّنَا جَمِيعًا نَعْثُرُ مِرَارًا كَثِيرَةً » ،‏ وَخُصُوصًا فِي ٱلْكَلَامِ ،‏ لِأَنَّنَا بَشَرٌ نَاقِصُونَ .‏