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Reverence, Humility, and Contentment

[a] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil. [b]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 upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:1 Ch 4.17 in Heb
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Ch 5.1 in Heb

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