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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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Be Careful About Making Promises

5 ·Be careful [Watch your step/L feet] when you go to worship at the ·Temple [L house of God]. It is better to listen than to offer ·foolish sacrifices [or the sacrifice of fools] without even knowing you are doing wrong.

2 ·Think before you speak [L Do not be quick with your mouth],
    and ·be careful about what you say [L do not let your heart rush to utter a word] to God.
God is in heaven,
    and you are on the earth,
    so ·say only a few words to God [L let your words be few].
3 Dreams come from too much ·worrying [or work],
    and too many words come from foolish people.

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Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
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Fulfill Your Vow to God

5 [a]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.(A)
God is in heaven
    and you are on earth,
    so let your words be few.(B)
3 A dream(C) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.
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