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Ecclesiastes 5:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few. "

Ecclesiastes 5:2

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1 Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

2 Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

4 When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

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"“Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth."

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Ecclesiastes 5:1

"Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil."

Ecclesiastes 5:3

"For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words."

Ecclesiastes 5:4

"When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow."

Ecclesiastes 5:5

"It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay."

Ecclesiastes 5:6

"Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?"

Ecclesiastes 5:7

"For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God."

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