Ecclesiastes 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Respect and obey God! Daydreaming leads to a lot of senseless talk.

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Don't be jealous of sinners, but always honour the LORD.

Everything you were taught can be put into a few words: Respect and obey God! This is what life is all about.

Everything God has done will last for ever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.

Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.

If you keep thinking about something, you will dream about it. If you talk too much, you will say the wrong thing.

Keep to the middle of the road. You can do this if you truly respect God.

They commit hundreds of crimes and live to a ripe old age, in spite of the saying: Everyone who lives right and respects God will prosper,

but no one who sins and rejects God will prosper or live very long.

I noticed all this and thought seriously about what goes on in the world. Why does one person have the power to hurt another?

I promise you that on the day of judgment, everyone will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.