Ecclesiastes 5:6

The English Standar Version

Let not your mouth lead you[3] into sin, and do not say before the messenger[4] 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 boys; and in them let my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude[3] 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,[3] but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

Leviticus 4:2

"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If anyone sins unintentionally[1] in any of the LORD's commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them,

Leviticus 4:22

"When a leader sins, doing unintentionally any one of all the things that by the commandments of the LORD his God ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt,

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[4] should seek instruction 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; and 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 a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their mistake.

1 Corinthians 11:10

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.[2]

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 prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways, and if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

2 John 1:8

Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we[1] have worked for, but may win a full reward.