Ecclesiastes 5:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Not rash

For

Psalm 115:3

Isaiah 55:9

Matthew 6:9

Let thy

General references

Judges 11:30

Bible References

Not rash

And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

For

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

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

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Let thy

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

General references

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,