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Ecclesiastes 5:6-8
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:6-8
English Standard Version
6 Let not your mouth lead you[a] into sin, and do not say before (A)the messenger[b] that it was (B)a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[c] but[d] (C)God is the one you must fear.
The Vanity of Wealth and Honor
8 (D)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (E)do not be amazed at the matter, (F)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Hebrew your flesh
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Or angel
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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