Ecclesiastes 5:2

Tree of Life Version

As a dream comes with excessive burdens so a fool’s voice with too many words.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

Then Abraham answered and said, “Look, pray, I have decided to speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:30

Then he said, “Please, let my Lord not be angry, so I may speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

Genesis 18:32

Then he said, “Please, let not my Lord be angry, so I may speak once more. Perhaps ten will be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this way that I am going, and provide me food to eat and clothes to wear,

Genesis 28:22

So this stone which I set up as a memorial stone will become God’s House, and of everything You provide me I will definitely give a tenth of it to You.”

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens— He does whatever pleases Him!

Proverbs 10:19

When words abound, transgression is unavoidable. but whoever restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 20:25

It is a trap for one to say rashly, “It is holy!” and only afterward to consider his vows.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool destroy him.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The words from his mouth begin as folly and end as grievous madness—

Ecclesiastes 5:3

When you swear a vow to God, don’t delay in fulfilling it. For He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!

Ecclesiastes 5:7

If you see the oppression of the poor or perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the matter. For one authority watches over another authority, and higher ones are over them.

Isaiah 55:9

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

Leviticus 5:4

“Or if a person swears rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good—about anything that one might utter rashly by an oath, though it is hidden from him, when he realizes it, then he will be guilty of one of these.

Matthew 6:7

And when you are praying, do not babble on and on like the pagans; for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Matthew 6:9

“Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name.

Mark 6:23

He vowed to her, “Whatever you ask of me I’ll give you, up to half of my kingdom!”

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

Judges 11:30

Then Jephthah vowed a vow to Adonai and said, “If You will indeed give the children of Ammon into my hand,