New American Standard Bible 1995

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

1 1 2Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the 3sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil. 2 4Do not be 5hasty 6in word or 7impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your 8words be few. 3For the dream comes through much 9effort and the voice of a 10fool through many words.

4When you 11make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. 12Pay what you vow! 5It is 13better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6Do not let your 14speech cause 15you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a 16mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands? 7For in many dreams and in many words there is 17emptiness. Rather, 18 19fear God.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Heb ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ex 3:5; 30:18-20; Is 1:12 ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 5:1 1 Sam 15:22; Prov 15:8; 21:27 ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Heb ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Prov 20:25 ↩
6. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Lit with your mouth ↩
7. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Lit hurry your heart ↩
8. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Prov 10:19; Matt 6:7 ↩
9. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Lit task ↩
10. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Job 11:2; Prov 15:2; Eccl 10:14 ↩
11. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Num 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11 ↩
12. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ps 66:13, 14 ↩
13. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4 ↩
14. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit mouth ↩
15. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit your body ↩
16. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lev 4:2, 22; Num 15:25 ↩
17. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Lit vanity ↩
18. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or revere ↩
19. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Eccl 3:14; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩

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