Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:1 (show verse)
Be not hasty with thy mouth,
Awe » For the aged » For the sanctuary
Fools » Worship of, hateful to God
Formalism » The insufficiency of
Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the house and worship of God
Religion » Formalism » The insufficiency of
Reverence » For the sanctuary
Speech/communication » How not to speak
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal
true and false Worship » For worship of God house of God, the place of worship » General references to
Fools » Worship of, hateful to God
Formalism » The insufficiency of
Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Heedfulness » Necessary » In the house and worship of God
Religion » Formalism » The insufficiency of
Reverence » For the sanctuary
Speech/communication » How not to speak
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal
true and false Worship » For worship of God house of God, the place of worship » General references to
Ecclesiastes 5:2 (show verse)
and let not thine heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 (show verse)
For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools.
Dream » Vanity of
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » Excess of business frequently leads to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
Folly » Of men » Revealed
Fools » Characteristics of » Reveal their folly
Speaking » Folly in
Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
Speech/communication » The multitude of words
Speech/communication » Who is full of words
Vain talk » Vain talk condemned
Words » Fool known by the multitude of
Dreams » General references to
Dreams » Excess of business frequently leads to
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Vain talk condemned
Folly » Of men » Revealed
Fools » Characteristics of » Reveal their folly
Speaking » Folly in
Speaking, evil » Vain talk condemned
Speech/communication » The mouth of a fool
Speech/communication » The multitude of words
Speech/communication » Who is full of words
Vain talk » Vain talk condemned
Words » Fool known by the multitude of
Ecclesiastes 5:4 (show verse)
If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 (show verse)
If thou promise anything, pay it; for better it is that thou make no vow than that thou shouldest promise, and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 (show verse)
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to sin, neither say thou before the angel that it is thy ignorance. For then God will be angry at thy voice, and destroy all the works of thine hands.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 (show verse)
And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (show verse)
If thou seest the poor to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withal, so that equity and the right of the law is wrested in the land: marvel not thou at such judgment, for one great man keepeth touch with another, and the mighty help themselves together.
Ecclesiastes 5:9 (show verse)
The whole land also with the fields and all that is therein, is in subjection and bondage unto the king.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (show verse)
He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?
Contentment » The wicked want
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
greed » Misery of
greed » Results of » Disappointment
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying
Riches » Vanity of heaping up
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Unsatisfied » Accumulation of wealth
Vanity » Love of riches is
Wealth » Those that love wealth
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
greed » Misery of
greed » Results of » Disappointment
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Riches » Described as » Unsatisfying
Riches » Vanity of heaping up
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Unsatisfied » Accumulation of wealth
Vanity » Love of riches is
Wealth » Those that love wealth
Ecclesiastes 5:11 (show verse)
Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:12 (show verse)
A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Business » Cares » Sleeplessness
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
Care » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
business Cares » Sleeplessness
Insomnia » Care of wealth
Labor » Those that labor
Riches » Often lead to » Anxiety
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Care of wealth
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
Care » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
business Cares » Sleeplessness
Insomnia » Care of wealth
Labor » Those that labor
Riches » Often lead to » Anxiety
Sleeplessness » Common causes of loss of sleep » Care of wealth
Ecclesiastes 5:13 (show verse)
Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 (show verse)
For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 (show verse)
Like as he came naked out of his mother's womb, so goeth he thither again, and carryeth nothing away with him of all his labour.
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Ecclesiastes 5:16 (show verse)
This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:17 (show verse)
All the days of his life also must he eat in the dark, with great carefulness, sickness and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 (show verse)
Therefore me think it a better and fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour that he taketh under the Sun all the days of his life which God giveth him: for this is his portion.
Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Epicureans » Worldly pleasure sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
Joy » Earthly » Enjoyment sought
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Epicureans » Worldly pleasure sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
Joy » Earthly » Enjoyment sought
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Ecclesiastes 5:19 (show verse)
For unto whomsoever God giveth riches, goods and power, he giveth it him to enjoy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refreshed of his labour: this is now the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 (show verse)
For he thinketh not much how long he shall live, forsomuch as God filleth his heart with gladness.