Ecclesiastes 5:1

(4-17) Guard thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be ready to hearken: it is better than when fools give sacrifices; for they know not that they do evil.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2(5-1) Be not rash with thy mouth, 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

Exodus 3:5And He said: 'Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.'

Joshua 5:15And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua: 'Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.' And Joshua did so.

1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.'

Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right?

Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.

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 →

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