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

Whoever considers he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, his religion is futile.

We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.

Before

At the close of forty years an angel [of the Lord] appeared to him in the flames of a burning thorn-bush, in the desert of mount Sinai.

Therefore, in view of the angels, woman must wear a symbol of subjection on her head.

In the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, I adjure you to be unprejudiced in carrying out these orders; be absolutely impartial.

Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

Destroy

but in every case the nature of his work will come out; the Day will show what it is, for the Day breaks in fire, and the fire will test the work of each, no matter what that work may be.

Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward.