Ecclesiastes 5:7

Easy To Read Version

You should not let your useless dreams and bragging \{bring you trouble\}. You should respect God.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:17

Don’t be jealous of evil people. But always try as hard as you can to respect the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I learned that anything God does will continue forever. People can’t add anything to the work of God. And people can’t take anything away from the work of God. God did this so people would respect him.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw these things in this life. {\cf2\super [18]} I saw that the courts should be filled with goodness and fairness—but there is evil there now.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

Bad dreams come with too many worries,\par and a fool with too many words.\par

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Try to be a little of this and a little of that. {\cf2\super [33]} Even God’s followers will do some good things and some bad things.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner might do a hundred evil things. And he might have a long life. But I know that it is still better to obey and respect God.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Evil people don’t respect God, so those people won’t really get good things. Those evil people won’t live long lives. Their lives won’t be like the shadows that become longer and longer \{as the sun goes down\}.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I saw all those things. I thought very hard about the things that happen in this world. And I saw that people always struggle for the power to rule other people. And this is bad for them.

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you that people will have to explain about every careless thing they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.