Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Fulfill Your Vow to God

1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.
3 A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool.
4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.
6 Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?
7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.

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Cross References 8

  • 1. S Judges 11:35
  • 2. S Job 6:24; S Proverbs 10:19; Proverbs 20:25
  • 3. S Job 20:8
  • 4. Ecclesiastes 10:14
  • 5. S Deuteronomy 23:21; S Judges 11:35; Psalms 119:60
  • 6. S Numbers 30:2; Psalms 66:13-14; Psalms 76:11
  • 7. Numbers 30:2-4; Proverbs 20:25; John 2:9; Acts 5:4
  • 8. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 12:13
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