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Ecclesiastes 5:2
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2 [a] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore (A)let your words be few.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
Listen to Ecclesiastes 5:2, Matthew 6:7, Proverbs 10:19, Isaiah 55:9, Matthew 6:9, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Numbers 30:2-5, James 3:2, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Proverbs 20:25, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 18:27, Psalm 115:3
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Ecclesiastes 5:2
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2 Do not be quick with your mouth,
    do not be hasty in your heart
    to utter anything before God.(A)
God is in heaven
    and you are on earth,
    so let your words be few.(B)

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Matthew 6:7
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7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as (A)the Gentiles do, for (B)they think that they will be heard (C)for their many words.

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Matthew 6:7
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7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling(A) like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.(B)

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Proverbs 10:19
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19 (A)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    (B)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

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Proverbs 10:19
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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)

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Isaiah 55:9
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9 (A)For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Isaiah 55:9
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9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(A)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(B)

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Matthew 6:9
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9 (A)Pray then like this:

(B)“Our Father in heaven,
(C)hallowed be (D)your name.[a]

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  1. Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
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Matthew 6:9
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9 “This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father(A) in heaven,
hallowed be your name,

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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[a] but[b] (A)God is the one you must fear.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(A)

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Numbers 30:2-5
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2 (A)If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or (B)swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. (C)He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Women and Vows

3 “If a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth, 4 and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father opposes her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her, because her father opposed her.

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Numbers 30:2-5
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2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.(A)

3 “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.(B) 5 But if her father forbids her(C) when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord will release her because her father has forbidden her.

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James 3:2
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2 For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body.

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James 3:2
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2 We all stumble(A) in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say(B) is perfect,(C) able to keep their whole body in check.(D)

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Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with (A)many words.

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Ecclesiastes 5:3
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3 A dream(A) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(B)

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Proverbs 20:25
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25 It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
    and to reflect only (A)after making vows.

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Proverbs 20:25
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25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
    and only later to consider one’s vows.(A)

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Genesis 28:20
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20 Then Jacob (A)made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

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Genesis 28:20
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20 Then Jacob made a vow,(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(C)

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Genesis 27
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Genesis 18:27
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27 Abraham answered and said, (A)“Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

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Genesis 18:27
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27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,(A)

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Psalm 115:3
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3 (A)Our God is in the heavens;
    (B)he does all that he pleases.

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Psalm 115:3
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3 Our God is in heaven;(A)
    he does whatever pleases him.(B)

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