Ecclesiastes 5:7
And why? wheras are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuers vanities: but loke that thou feare God.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
In Context
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14I considered also that whatsoeuer God doth, it continueth for euer: And that nothyng can be put vnto it, nor taken from it, & that God doth it to the intent that men shoulde feare hym.
Ecclesiastes 5:3For where much carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men may heare fooles.
Ecclesiastes 8:9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men.
Matthew 12:36But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9
The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →