Ecclesiastes 5:1

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Reverence, Humility, and Contentment

5 ^[a] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools; for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.^[b]

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Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4.17 in Heb
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Cn: Heb they do not know how to do evil

Ecclesiastes 5:1 in all English translations

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