New American Standard Bible 2020

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

1 1 2Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and approach to listen rather than to offer the 3sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 4Do not be 5quick with your mouth or 6impulsive 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 7words be few. 3For the dream comes through much 8effort, and the voice of a 9fool through many words.

4When you 10make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. 11Pay what you vow! 5It is 12better that you not vow, than vow and not pay. 6Do not let your 13speech cause 14you to sin, and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a 15mistake. 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 futility. Rather, 16 17fear 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 hurry your heart ↩
7. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Prov 10:19; Matt 6:7 ↩
8. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Lit task ↩
9. Ecclesiastes 5:3 Job 11:2; Prov 15:2; Eccl 10:14 ↩
10. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Num 30:2; Ps 50:14; 76:11 ↩
11. Ecclesiastes 5:4 Ps 66:13, 14 ↩
12. Ecclesiastes 5:5 Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4 ↩
13. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit mouth ↩
14. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit your body ↩
15. Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lev 4:2, 22; Num 15:25 ↩
16. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or revere ↩
17. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Eccl 3:14; 7:18; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩

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