Ecclesiastes 5:1
Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
Cross References
Genesis 4:3And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.
Exodus 3:5And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Joshua 5:15Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, add: What saith my lord to his servant?
1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the spoils sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.
Job 11:2Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:1
Solomon, in this chapter, discourses, I. Concerning the worship of God, prescribing that as a remedy against all those vanities which he had already observed to be in wisdom, learning, pleasure, honour, power, and business. That we may not be deceived by those things, nor have our spirits vexed with the disappointments we meet with in them, let us make conscience of our duty to God and keep up our communion with him; but, withal, he gives a necessary caution against the vanities which are too often found in… Read the whole commentary →