Ecclesiastes 5:2

The Scriptures 2009

Do not be hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart hurry to bring forth a word before Elohim. For Elohim is in the heavens, and you on earth, therefore let your words be few.

Cross References

Matthew 6:7

“And when praying, do not keep on babbling like the nations. For they think that they shall be heard for their many words.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, Transgression is not absent, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

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.

Matthew 6:9

“This, then, is the way you should pray: ‘Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your Name be set-apart,

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For in much dreaming and many words there is futility. But fear Elohim.

Genesis 18:27

And Aḇraham answered and said, “Look, please, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to יהוה,

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many matters. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the entire body.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes through the greatness of the task, and a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is set-apart,” And only later to reconsider his vows.

Genesis 28:20

And Ya‛aqoḇ made a vow, saying, “Seeing Elohim is with me, and has kept me in this way that I am going, and has given me bread to eat and a garment to put on –

Psalm 115:3

But our Elohim is in the heavens; Whatever pleased Him, He has done.

Genesis 18:32

And he said, “Let not יהוה be displeased, and let me speak only this time: Suppose there are found ten?” And He said, “I would not destroy it for the sake of ten.”

Genesis 18:30

And he said, “Let not יהוה be displeased, and let me speak: Suppose there are found thirty?” And He said, “I would not do it if I find thirty there.”

Judges 11:30

And Yiphtaḥ made a vow to יהוה, and said, “If You give the children of Ammon into my hands,

Mark 6:23

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I shall give you, up to half of my reign.”

Genesis 28:22

then this stone which I have set as a standing column shall be Elohim’s house, and of all that You give me, I shall certainly give a tenth to You.”

Leviticus 5:4

‘Or when a being swears, speaking rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man swears rashly with an oath, and it has been hidden from him, when he shall know it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words of a wise man’s mouth show favour, but the lips of a fool swallow him up;

Ecclesiastes 10:13

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