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Listen to God Rather Than Uttering Rash Vows

[a] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God;
    draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice of fools,
        for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Do not be rash with your mouth,
    and do not let your heart be quick to utter a word before God.
For God is in heaven, and you are on earth;
    therefore, let your words be few.
For a dream comes with many cares,
    and the voice of a fool with many words.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ecclesiastes 5:1–20 in the English Bible is 4:17–5:19 in the Hebrew Bible