Ecclesiastes 5:6

Modern English Version

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not say to the priestly messenger that it is an inadvertent sin. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

Cross References

Genesis 48:16

the angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys; let them be called by my name, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Proverbs 23:17

Let not your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words from the mouth of a wise person bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I have perceived that everything that God has done will be lasting. And to this there is nothing to be added, and from it there is nothing to be taken away. God has done this so that in His presence people fear Him.

Leviticus 4:2

Speak to the Israelites, saying: When a person sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of the Lord that should not be done, and he violates one of them,

Leviticus 4:22

Whenever a leader sins, and he does unintentionally any one of the things that by the commandments of the Lord his God should not be done and is found guilty,

Malachi 2:7

For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. He is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.

Numbers 15:25

The priest will make atonement for all the assembly of the Israelites, and it will be forgiven them because it is ignorance, and they will bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance.

1 Corinthians 11:10

For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the angels.

1 Timothy 5:21

I command you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to minister to those who will inherit salvation?

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that we do not lose those things for which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward.