Ecclesiastes 5:7

(5-6) For through the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but fear thou God.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

6(5-5) Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt, neither say thou before the messenger, that it was an error; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

8(5-7) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state, marvel not at the matter; for one higher than the high watcheth, and there are higher than they.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God hath so made it, that men should fear before Him.

Ecclesiastes 5:3(5-2) For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 8:9All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt.

Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man.

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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