Ecclesiastes 5:2

Listen To God Rather Than Uttering Rash Vows

¹ Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil. ² Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great. ³ As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

Before God

Face of God

For This Cause

God is in Heaven

On Earth

Presence of God

O God

Proverbs 10:19

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

Matthew 6:7

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

Genesis 18:30

And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

Genesis 18:32

And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

Genesis 28:22

And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

Numbers 30:2-5

When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

1 Samuel 14:24-45

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

Psalm 115:3

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Matthew 6:9

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Mark 6:23

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

James 3:2

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.