Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

In Context

2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

4When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:2Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for LORD by thy estimation.

Proverbs 10:19Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:2-4

A Caution to Worshippers. 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Solomon's design, in driving us off from the world, by… Read the whole commentary →

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