Ecclesiastes 5:6

New Living Translation

Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.

Cross References

Genesis 48:16

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”

Proverbs 23:17

Don’t envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.

Leviticus 4:2

“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.

Leviticus 4:22

“If one of Israel’s leaders sins by violating one of the commands of the Lord his God but doesn’t realize it, he is still guilty.

Malachi 2:7

“The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Malachi 3:1

“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Numbers 15:25

With it the priest will purify the whole community of Israel, making them right with the Lord, and they will be forgiven. For it was an unintentional sin, and they have corrected it with their offerings to the Lord—the special gift and the sin offering.

1 Corinthians 11:10

For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.

1 Timothy 5:21

I solemnly command you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus and the highest angels to obey these instructions without taking sides or showing favoritism to anyone.

Hebrews 1:14

Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.

James 1:26

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

James 3:2

Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

2 John 1:8

Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward.