Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

New International Reader's Version

Keep Your Promise to God

5 Be careful what you say when you go to God’s house. Go there to listen. Don’t be like foolish people when you offer your sacrifice. They do what is wrong and don’t even know it.

²Don’t be too quick to speak.
    Don’t be in a hurry to say anything to God.
God is in heaven. You are on earth.
    So use only a few words when you speak.
³Many worries result in dreams.
    Many words result in foolish talk.

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