Ecclesiastes 5:3

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

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In The King James Version

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

In Context

2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

4When you vow a vow to God, do not defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:2"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by your valuation.

Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience,but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:2-4

A Caution to Worshippers. 1 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. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. Solomon's design, in driving us off from the world, by… Read the whole commentary →

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