Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

New King James Version

Fear God, Keep Your Vows

5 Walk ^(A)prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather ^(B)than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

²Do not be ^(C)rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words ^(D)be few.
³For a dream comes through much activity,
And ^(E)a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

⁴^(F)When you make a vow to God, do not delay to ^(G)pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—
⁵^(H)Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

⁶Do not let your ^(I)mouth cause your flesh to sin, ^(J)nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your ^[a]excuse and destroy the work of your hands? ⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But ^(K)fear God.

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Ecclesiastes 5:6 Lit. voice

Psalm 18:1-3

New King James Version

God the Sovereign Savior^(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ^(B)the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of ^(C)this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

18 I ^(D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.
²The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my ^[a]strength, ^(E)in whom I will trust;
My shield and the ^[b]horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
³I will call upon the Lord, ^(F)who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.

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Psalm 18:2 Lit. rock
Psalm 18:2 Strength

Ephesians 3:20-21

New King James Version

²⁰Now ^(A)to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly ^(B)above all that we ask or think, ^(C)according to the power that works in us, ²¹^(D)to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.