Ecclesiastes 5:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

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  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priestes lippes shall kepe knowledge, and they shall seeke the lawe at his mouth: because he is the messenger of the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Beholde, I wyll sende my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the lord whom ye seeke, shal speedyly come to his temple, and the messenger of the couenaunt whom ye desire, beholde he commeth, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Acts 7:30-35 : 30 And whe fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mount Sina, an Angel of the Lorde in a flambe of fire in a busshe. 31 When Moyses sawe it, he wondred at ye sight: And as he drue neare to behold, the voyce of the Lord came vnto hym. 32 I am the God of thy fathers, ye God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and ye God of Iacob. Then Moyses trembled, & durst not beholde. 33 Then sayde the Lorde to hym: Put of thy shoes from thy feete, for the place where thou standest, is holy grounde. 34 I haue seene, I haue seene the afflictio of my people which is in Egypt, and I haue hearde their gronyng, and am come downe to deliuer them: And now come, & I wyll sende thee into Egypt. 35 This Moyses, whom they forsoke saying, who made thee a ruler and a iudge? the same dyd God sende, to be a ruler, and a deliuerer, by the handes of the angell, whiche appeared to hym in the busshe.
  • 1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 Euery mans worke shal appeare. The day shall declare it, because it shalbe reuealed by the fire: And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is. 14 If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward. 15 If any mans worke burne, he shall suffer losse, but he shalbe safe hym selfe: neuertheles, yet as it were through fire.
  • 1 Cor 11:10 : 10 For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head, for the Angels sakes.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I testifie before God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe, and the elect angels, that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement, and do nothyng after parcialitie.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation?
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout, and refrayneth not his tongue, but deceaueth his owne heart, this mans deuotion is vayne.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Loke on your selues, that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a full rewarde.
  • Gen 48:16 : 16 And the angell which hath deliuered me from al euyl, blesse these laddes, and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham & Isahac, & that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth.
  • Lev 5:4-6 : 4 Either if a soule sweare, and pronounceth with his lippes to do euill or to do good, whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pronounce with an othe, and the thyng be hyd from hym, and commeth to the knowledge of it, and hath offended in one of these: 5 When he hath sinned in one of these thinges, he shall confesse that he hath sinned in that thyng. 6 Therfore shall he bryng his trespasse offering vnto the Lorde, for his sinne whiche he hath sinned, a female from the flocke, a lambe or a shee goate, for a sinne offering: And the priest shal make an attonement for hym concerning his sinne.
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 If it be a beast of which men bryng an offeryng vnto the Lorde, all that any man geueth of such vnto the Lord, shalbe holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor chaunge it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: And if he chaunge beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherwith it was chaunged, shalbe holy.
  • Num 15:25 : 25 And the priest shall make an attonement for all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel, and it shalbe forgeuen them, for it is ignoraunce: And they shal bryng their offering, a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, & their sinne offering before the Lorde for their ignoraunce.
  • Eccl 5:1-2 : 1 When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll. 2 Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 He stroue with the angel and gat the victorie, he wept and prayed to him: he founde him at Bethel, and there he spake with vs. 5 Yea the Lorde God of hoastes, euen the Lorde himselfe remembred him.
  • Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye loked for much, and lo it came to litle, and when ye brought it home, I dyd blowe vpon it: and why, sayth the Lord of hoastes? because of my house that is waste, and you run euery man into his his owne house. 10 Therfore vpon you the heauen is stayed from deawe, & the earth is stayed from yeelding her increase. 11 And I haue called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaynes, and vpon the corne, & vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, and vpon al that the ground bringeth foorth, vpon men, & vpon cattel, and vpon all the labour of the handes.
  • Hag 2:14-17 : 14 Then Haggeus aunswered, and sayde: So is this people, and so is this nation before me sayth the Lord, and so is al the worke of their handes: & that which they offer there is vncleane. 15 And nowe consider I pray you in your mindes from this day, and vpward, before there was layed one stone vpon an other in the house of the Lorde, 16 Before these thinges were done when one came to a heape of twentie measures there were but ten: so who came to the wyne presse for to drawe out fiftie vessels of wyne out of the presse, there were but twentie. 17 I smote you with blasting, and with mildeawe, and with hayle, in all the worke of your handes, and you turned not vnto me, sayth the Lorde.

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  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1 When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.

    2 Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Eccl 5:4-5
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    4 If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it.

    5 For better is it that thou make no vowe, then that thou shouldest promise and not pay.

  • Job 15:13
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    13 That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • Eccl 5:7
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    7 And why? wheras are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuers vanities: but loke that thou feare God.

  • Job 15:4-6
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    4 Surely thou hast cast of feare, and restrainest prayer before God.

    5 For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

    6 Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 Either if a soule sweare, and pronounceth with his lippes to do euill or to do good, whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pronounce with an othe, and the thyng be hyd from hym, and commeth to the knowledge of it, and hath offended in one of these:

  • Prov 30:6
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    6 Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:

  • Jer 25:6-7
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    6 And go not after straunge gods, serue them not, worship them not, and anger me not with the workes of your owne handes, then wyll I not punishe you.

    7 Neuerthelesse, ye woulde not heare me saith the Lorde, but haue prouoked me to anger with the workes of your handes, to your great harme.

  • Job 31:30
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    30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • Prov 30:32
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    32 If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Jas 5:12
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    12 But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym vnto thee.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt.

  • Job 35:6
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    6 If thou hast sinned, what hast thou done against him? If thyne offences be many, what hast thou done vnto him?

  • Eph 4:26
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    26 Be ye angry, and sinne not, let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath,

  • Job 36:18
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    18 And seeing there is wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee.

  • Job 11:14
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    14 If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:

  • Ps 37:8
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    8 Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.

  • Deut 5:11
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    11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne: for the Lorde wyll not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17 Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe, lest thou die before thy time.

  • Ps 6:1
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    1 To the chiefe musition on Neginoth vpon eyght, a psalme of Dauid. O God rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy wrath.

  • Job 27:4
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    4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.

  • Lev 6:3
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    3 Or if he haue founde that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thing it be that a man doth, and sinneth therein:

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    1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

  • Lev 5:1
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    1 If a soule sinne, and heare the voyce of swearing, and is a witnesse, whether he hath seene or knowen of it, if he do not vtter it, he shall beare his sinne.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2 Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:

  • Deut 23:22-23
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    70%

    22 If thou shalt leaue bowyng, it shalbe no sinne in thee.

    23 But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes, thou must kepe and do, accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll, and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

  • Exod 20:7
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    7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33 Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes.

  • Num 30:2
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    2 If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth.

  • Prov 24:28
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    28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23 Therfore, if thou bring thy gyft to the aulter, and there remembrest, that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee:

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

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    36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke.

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    5 But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

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    24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
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    22 If a man sinne against his neyghbour, and take an oth agaynst hym and make him to sweare, and they both come before thyne aulter in this house:

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    36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.