Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in a multitude of dreams is a multitude of vanities; so also in a multitude of words; but fear thou God!
Noyes Bible
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
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatever God doeth, that shall be for ever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it; and God doeth it that men may fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 5:3For a dream cometh with much bustle, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 8:9All this have I seen, and I have given heed to all things that are done under the sun. There is a time when man ruleth over man to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the end of the whole discourse! Fear God and keep his commandments! For this is the duty of every man.
Matthew 12:36And I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they will give account in 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 →