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Ecclesiastes 5:7

There are certainly many dreams, questions of meaning, and lots of different ideas, but you are to follow God.

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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

6Don't let your mouth cause you to sin. And don't tell the priest that your vow was a mistake, for why would you antagonize God by breaking your promise? He could bring your own curse down on you.

8If you see poor people somewhere being oppressed, or truth and justice violated, don't be shocked at it, for every official is responsible to others higher up, and there are officials over them as well.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:14I also concluded that everything God does lasts forever: nothing can be added to it or taken away from it. God acts in this way so that people may stand in awe of him.

Ecclesiastes 5:3When you worry too much, you get nightmares; when you talk too much, you say foolish things.

Ecclesiastes 8:9I examined all these things, and thought about all that happens here on earth, and the damage that's caused when people dominate others.

Ecclesiastes 12:13To sum up now that everything has been discussed: Respect God by keeping his commandments, for that's what everyone should do.

Matthew 12:36I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.

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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