Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:1 (show verse)
Guard your step when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
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)
Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 (show verse)
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
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)
When you vow a vow to God, do not defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 (show verse)
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 (show verse)
Do not allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Do not protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
Ecclesiastes 5:7 (show verse)
For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (show verse)
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
Ecclesiastes 5:9 (show verse)
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (show verse)
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
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)
When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:12 (show verse)
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow 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)
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 (show verse)
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 (show verse)
As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
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Ecclesiastes 5:16 (show verse)
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:17 (show verse)
All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 (show verse)
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given 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)
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor?this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 (show verse)
For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.