Ecclesiastes 5:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Cross References

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and in them let my name be perpetuated, 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 continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.

Leviticus 4:2

“Say to the people of Israel, If any one sins unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,

Leviticus 4:22

“When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the Lord his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 15:25

And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; because it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error.

1 Corinthians 11:10

That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels.

1 Timothy 5:21

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without favor, doing nothing from partiality.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

James 1:26

If any one thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain.

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.

2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.