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Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

1Keep thy footwhenthou goesttothehouseofGodH430,anddrawneartohear,ratherthantogivethesacrificeoffools:fortheyknownotthattheydoevil.

2Benotrashwiththy mouth,andletnotthy heartbehastytoutteranythingH1697before God:forGodisintheheavens,andthouuponearth;thereforelet thywordsH1697befew.

3Foradream comeththroughthemultitudeofbusiness,andafool's voicethroughamultitudeofwords.

4WhenH834thou vowestavowH5087untoGod, defernottopayH7999it;forhehathnopleasureinfools:payH7999thatwhichthou hastvowedH5087.

5Betterisitthatthou shouldestnotvow,thanthatthou shouldestvowandnotpay.

6Suffernotthy mouthtocausethy fleshtosin; neithersaythoubeforetheangel,thatitwasaninadvertence. WhereforeshouldGodH430bewrothatthy voice,anddestroytheworkofthy hands?

7Forinthemultitudeofdreamsarevanities;sowithmany words:butfear God.

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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings

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