For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in context
Ecclesiastes 5:1–6
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Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
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Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t 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.
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For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
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When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
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It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
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Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
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