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Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verses 2–3
2Be 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. 3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 in context
1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2Be 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.
3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Commentary
Cross references
- Matthew 6:7
- Proverbs 10:19
- Isaiah 55:9
- Matthew 6:9
- Ecclesiastes 5:7
- Genesis 18:27
- Numbers 30:2-5
- Ecclesiastes 5:3
- Proverbs 15:2
Key words (Strong's)
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- businessʻinyânadoH6045 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- comethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- fool'skᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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Solomon's design, in driving us off from the world, by showing us its vanity, is to drive us to God and to our duty, that we may not walk in the way of the world, but by religious rules, nor depend upon the wealth of the world, but on religious advantages; and therefore, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3