Commentary for Nedarim 43:6

רב כהנא מתני לה להא שמעתא בהדין לישנא... רב טביומי מתני הכי בסיפא לא פתחינן ברישא אביי אמר פתחינן רבא אמר לא פתחינן והלכתא לא פתחינן לא ברישא ולא בסיפא

Nor do we suggest the following dictum of Samuel, Viz., Even when one fulfils his vow he is called wicked. R. Abba said: Which verse [teaches this]? But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 23. ');">¹⁰</span> And [the meaning of] forbearance is learnt from forbearance as expressed elsewhere. Here it is written, But if thou shalt forbear to vow, and there it is written, There the wicked forbear from insolence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job III, 17. Thus forbearing being employed of the wicked in the latter verse, its use in the former shews that he who vows is also so dubbed. ');">¹¹</span>

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