Ecclesiastes 5:6

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: 1 But fear thou God. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

5Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; 1 And say not in the presence of God, It was an error: 1 Lest God be angry at thy voice, 1 And destroy the works of thy hands. 1

7If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, 1 Wonder not at the matter: 1 For there is a high one to watch over him that is high, 1 And high ones over them. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 48:16the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.

Leviticus 27:9And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy.

Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: 1 But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. 1

Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not hasty with thy mouth, 1 And let not thy heart be swift 1 To utter anything before God; 1 For God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: 1 Therefore let thy words be few. 1

Hosea 12:4He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God.

Haggai 2:14And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whosoever shall approach them, shall be defiled because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and ye have hated him that reproved in the gates.

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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