Ecclesiastes 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Thy mouth

James 1:26

James 3:2

Before

Destroy

1 Corinthians 3:13

2 John 1:8

Bible References

Thy mouth

If a man thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own religion,

For in many respects we often stumble. If any man never stumbles in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

Before

"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him, in the desert of Mt. Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.

For this reason the woman ought to have authority over her head, because of her guardian angels.

I charge you solemnly in the presence of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice against any man, and do nothing out of partiality.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth for service in behalf of those who are about to inherit salvation?

Destroy

The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man's work, of what quality it is.

Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have wrought, but that you receive a full reward.