Ecclesiastes 5:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

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  • Prov 10:19 : 19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 And when ye praye, bable not moch, as ye Hethen do: for they thinke that they shalbe herde, for their moch bablynges sake.
  • Isa 55:9 : 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 As for oure God, he is in heauen, he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him.
  • Gen 18:27 : 27 Abraham answered, and sayde: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but dust and asshes.
  • Gen 18:30 : 30 Abraham sayde: Oh let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet more. Peradueture there might be thirtie founde therin. And he sayde: Yf I fynde thirtie therin, I will do nothinge vnto them.
  • Gen 18:32 : 32 And sayde: O let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet once more. Peraduenture there might be ten founde therin. He saide: I wil not destroye them for those ten sake.
  • Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes.
  • Num 30:2-5 : 2 Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth. 3 Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto ye LORDE, and bynde hirself, whyle she is in hir fathers house, and vnmaried, 4 and hir vowe or bonde that she maketh ouer hir soule, commeth to hir fathers eares, & he holde his peace therto, the all hir vowes & bondes yt she hath boude hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stode in effecte. 5 But yf hir father forbyd her ye same daye that he heareth it, the shal no vowe ner bonde that she hath bounde hir self withall ouer hir soule, be of vayle. And the LORDE shalbe mercifull vnto her, for so moch as hir father forbad her.
  • Eccl 5:7 : 7 And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After thys maner therfore shall ye praye:O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • Mark 6:23 : 23 And he sware vnto her: What soeuer thou shalt axe of me, I wil geue it the, euen vnto ye one half of my kyngdome.
  • Judg 11:30 : 30 And Iephthae vowed a vowe vnto the LORDE, and sayde: Yf thou wilt delyuer the childre of Ammon in to my hande,
  • 1 Sam 14:24-45 : 24 And whan the men of Israel came forth, Saul charged all the people the same daye, and sayde: Cursed be euery man, which eateth bred vntyll euen, that I maye auenge me on myne enemies. Then all the people taisted no bred. 25 And all the people of the londe came in to the wodd. But there laye hony vpon the felde: 26 and whan the people came in to the wodd, beholde, the hony flowed, but no man put of it to his mouth with his hade: for the people were afraied because of the ooth. 27 As for Ionathas he had not herde, that his father had charged the people, and he put forth his staff that he had in his hande, and dypped the ende of it in ye hony combe, and turned his hande to his mouth, and his eyes were lighted. 28 Then answered one of the people, and sayde: Thy father hath charged the people, and sayde: Cursed be euery ma that eateth oughte this daye. Neuertheles the people were faynte. 29 Then sayde Ionathas: My father hath troubled the londe: Se how lighte myne eyes are become, because I haue taisted a litle of this hony. 30 Yf the people this daie had eate of the spoyle of their enemies that they founde, the slaughter shulde haue bene greater agaynst the Philistynes. 31 Yet smote they the Philistynes the same daye fro Michmas vnto Aialon, and the people were very weery. 32 And ye people turned to the spoyles, and toke shepe and oxen, and calues, and slewe them vpon the earth, and ate them with the bloude. 33 Then was it tolde Saul: Beholde, the people synne agaynst the LORDE, in that they eate bloude. He sayde: Ye haue done euell: roll vnto me now a greate stone. 34 And Saul sayde morouer: Go abrode amoge the people, and saye vnto them, that euery one brynge me his oxe and his shepe, and slaye them here, that ye maye eate, and not to synne agaynst the LORDE with eatynge of bloude. Then broughte all the people euery one his oxe with his hade the same nighte, and slewe them there. 35 And Saul buylded an altare vnto ye LORDE. This is the first altare that he buylded vnto the LORDE. 36 And Saul sayde: Let vs go downe after the Philistynes, by nighte, and spoyle them tyll it be cleare mornynge, that we let none escape. They answered: Do what so euer pleaseth the. But the prest sayde: Let vs go nye here vnto God. 37 And Saul axed at God. Shal I go downe here after ye Philistines? & wilt thou delyuer the in to Israels hande? Neuertheles he answered him not at that tyme. 38 Then sayde Saul: Let all the armyes of the people come hither, and make search and se, in whom is this synne at this tyme. 39 For as truly as God the Sauioure of Israel lyueth, & though it be in my sonne Ionathas, he shal dye. And no man answered him of all the people. 40 And he sayde vnto all Israel: Be ye on the one syde, I & my sonne Ionathas wyl be on this syde. The people sayde vnto Saul: Do as it pleaseth the. 41 And Saul sayde vnto the LORDE the God of Israel: Do thou that right is. The was Ionathas and Saul taken: but the people wente forth fre. 42 Saul sayde: Cast the lot ouer me and my sonne Ionathas. So Ionathas was take. 43 And Saul sayde vnto Ionathas: Tell me, what hast thou done? Ionathas tolde him, & sayde: I taisted a litle hony with the staff that I had in my hande, and beholde, must I dye therfore? 44 The sayde Saul: God do this and that vnto me, Ionathas thou must dye the death. 45 But the people sayde vnto Saul: Shulde Ionathas dye, that hath done so greate health in Israel this night? God forbyd. As truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shal not one heer of his heade fall vpon ye earth: for with God hath he wroughte at this tyme. So the people delyuered Ionathas, that he dyed not.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.
  • Gen 28:20 : 20 And Iacob made a vowe, and sayde: Yf God wyll be with me, and kepe me in this iourney yt I go & geue me bred to eate, and clothinge to put on,
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 and this stone that I haue set vp, shalbe an house of God: and all that thou geuest me, I wyl geue the the tenth therof.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:1
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    1Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

  • Eccl 5:3-7
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    81%

    3For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

    4Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them.

    5Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye.

    6Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

    7And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

  • Prov 10:19
    74%

    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Prov 30:6
    73%

    6Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

  • Jas 1:19
    73%

    19Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

  • Eccl 7:21
    72%

    21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

  • Hab 2:20
    72%

    20But the LORDE in his holy teple is he, whom all the worlde shulde feare.

  • Eccl 7:9
    72%

    9Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

  • Prov 27:2
    72%

    2Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.

  • Eccl 8:2-3
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    71%

    2Kepe the kynges commaundemet (I warne the) & the ooth yt thou hast made vnto God.

    3Be not haistie to go out of his sight, & se thou cotynue in no euell thinge: for what so euer it pleaseth him, yt doeth he.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    71%

    16Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

    17be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

  • Job 15:13
    71%

    13yt thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God & lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • 1 Sam 2:3
    71%

    3Let go yor greate boostinge of hye thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde: for the LORDE is a God yt knoweth all thinges, & he hath set all workes in order.

  • Prov 30:32
    71%

    32Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie yi self, or medlest wt eny soch thinge, the laye thine hade vpon yi mouth.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Ps 4:4
    71%

    4Be angrie, but synne not: como wt youre owne hertes vpo yor beddes, & remebre yor selues.

  • Prov 25:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6Put not forth yi self in ye presence of ye kynge, & prease not in to ye place of greate men.

    7Better it is yt it be sayde vnto ye: come vp hither, then thou to be set downe in ye presence of ye prynce, whom thou seyst with thine eyes.

    8Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.

  • Exod 23:13
    70%

    13All that I haue sayde vnto you, that kepe. And as for the names of other goddes, ye shall not remembre them, and out of youre mouthes shal they not be herde.

  • Jas 5:12
    70%

    12But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.

  • Prov 5:2
    70%

    2yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.

  • Matt 12:36
    70%

    36But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.

  • Prov 17:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.

    28Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Job 11:5-6
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    70%

    5O that God wolde speake, and open his lippes agaynst the,

    6that he might shewe the (out of his secrete wy?dome) how manyfolde his lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

  • Matt 5:34
    70%

    34But I saye vnto you: sweare not at all, nether by heaue, for it is Godis seate:

  • Job 15:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4As for shame, thou hast set it asyde, els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God:

    5but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge.

  • Prov 29:11
    70%

    11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Ps 39:1
    70%

    1I sayde: I wil kepe my waies, that I offended not in my tonge.

  • Ps 141:3
    69%

    3Set a watch (o LORDE) before my mouth, yee a watch at the dore of my lippes.

  • Prov 14:29
    69%

    29Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

  • Lev 5:4
    69%

    4Or whan a soule sweareth, so yt he pronounceth wt his mouth to do euell or good (what so euer it be that a man pronounceth wt an ooth) & was not awarre of it, & afterwarde cometh to the knowlege therof, he hath offended in one of these.

  • Job 13:5
    69%

    5Wolde God ye kepte youre tonge, that ye might be taken for wyse men.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 19:1-2
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    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

    2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

  • Deut 32:1
    69%

    1Herken (O ye heauens) I wyll speake: and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth.

  • Matt 6:7
    69%

    7And when ye praye, bable not moch, as ye Hethen do: for they thinke that they shalbe herde, for their moch bablynges sake.

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

  • Job 21:5
    68%

    5Marck me well, be aba?shed, and laye youre hade vpon youre mouth.