Ecclesiastes 5:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Matthew 12:36

I tell you that everyone will have to answer for all the careless things they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Now, what should we learn from everything that is written in this book? The most important thing a person can do is to respect God and obey his commands, because he knows about everything people do—even the secret things. He knows about all the good and all the bad, and he will judge people for everything they do.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

A sinner might do a hundred evil things and still live a long time. But I know that it is still better to obey and respect God.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

Bad dreams come from too many worries, and too many words come from the mouth of a fool.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I learned that anything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to the work of God, and they cannot take anything away from it. God did this so that people would respect him.

Proverbs 23:17

Never envy evil people, but always respect the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Try to be a little of this and a little of that. Even God’s followers will do some good things and some bad things.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Evil people don’t respect God, so they will not get good things or live long lives. Their lives will not be like the shadows that become longer and longer as the sun goes down.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I also saw these things in this life: I saw that the courts should be filled with goodness and fairness, but there is evil there now.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

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