Ecclesiastes 5:7

Good News Translation

No matter how much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must still stand in awe of God.

Cross References

Proverbs 23:17

Don't be envious of sinful people; let reverence for the Lord be the concern of your life.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

After all this, there is only one thing to say: Have reverence for God, and obey his commands, because this is all that we were created for.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will last forever. You can't add anything to it or take anything away from it. And one thing God does is to make us stand in awe of him.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

In addition, I have also noticed that in this world you find wickedness where justice and right ought to be.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

The more you worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Avoid both extremes. If you have reverence for God, you will be successful anyway.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner may commit a hundred crimes and still live. Oh yes, I know what they say: “If you obey God, everything will be all right,

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but it will not go well for the wicked. Their life is like a shadow and they will die young, because they do not obey God.”

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I saw all this when I thought about the things that are done in this world, a world where some people have power and others have to suffer under them.

Matthew 12:36

“You can be sure that on the Judgment Day you will have to give account of every useless word you have ever spoken.