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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

6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

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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 →

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