Ecclesiastes 5:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:30

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”

Genesis 18:32

Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 28:22

and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou givest me I will give the tenth to thee.”

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For when dreams increase, empty words grow many: but do you fear God.

Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Leviticus 5:4

Or if any one utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that men swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall in any of these be guilty.

Matthew 6:7

“And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Matthew 6:9

Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Mark 6:23

And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.”

James 3:2

For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,