Ecclesiastes 5:2

Young's Literal Translation 1862

Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Cross References

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

Genesis 18:30

And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, if I find there thirty.'

Genesis 18:32

And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the ten.'

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on --

Genesis 28:22

then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.'

Psalm 115:3

And our God `is' in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

Proverbs 10:19

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

Proverbs 20:25

A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

For, in the abundance of dreams both vanities and words abound; but fear thou God.

Isaiah 55:9

For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.

Leviticus 5:4

`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;

Matthew 6:7

`And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

Matthew 6:9

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who `art' in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

Mark 6:23

and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

James 3:2

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one `is' a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --