Ecclesiastes 5:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

(5:6) For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 (7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lorde continually.
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 (5:2) For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
  • Isa 50:10-11 : 10 Who is among you that feareth the Lord? let him heare the voyce of his seruant: hee that walketh in darkenesse, and hath no light, let him trust in the Name of the Lorde, and staye vpon his God. 11 Beholde, all you kindle a fire, and are compassed about with sparkes: walke in the light of your fire, and in the sparkes that ye haue kindled. This shall ye haue of mine hand: ye shall lye downe in sorowe.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

    2(5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

    3(5:2) For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.

    4(5:3) When thou hast vowed a vowe to God, deferre not to pay it: for he deliteth not in fooles: pay therefore that thou hast vowed.

    5(5:4) It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it.

    6(5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

  • Job 33:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.

    15In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,

  • Job 7:14
    74%

    14Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.

  • Eccl 5:8
    72%

    8(5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

  • Dan 4:5
    71%

    5(4:2) Saw a dreame, which made me afraide, and the thoughtes vpon my bed, and the visions of mine head troubled me.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21(7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

    22(7:24) For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

  • Job 4:13
    71%

    13In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

  • Prov 10:19
    71%

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Eccl 7:16-18
    3 verses
    71%

    16(7:18) Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

    17(7:19) Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

    18(7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

  • Jer 29:8
    70%

    8For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, Let not your prophets, and your southsayers that bee among you, deceiue you, neither giue eare to your dreames, which you dreame.

  • Prov 15:16
    70%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4Surely thou hast cast off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.

  • Eccl 6:9
    69%

    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 2:5
    69%

    5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.

  • Eccl 6:11
    68%

    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Eccl 4:6
    68%

    6Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 12:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12And of other things beside these, my sone, take thou heede: for there is none ende in making many bookes, and much reading is a wearines of the flesh.

    13Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.

  • Eccl 8:2
    68%

    2I aduertise thee to take heede to ye mouth of the King, and to the worde of the othe of God.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

  • Dan 2:9
    68%

    9But if ye will not declare mee the dreame, there is but one iudgement for you: for ye haue prepared lying and corrupt wordes, to speake before me till the time bee changed: therefore tell me the dreame, that I may knowe, if yee can declare me the interpretation thereof.

  • Dan 2:28
    68%

    28But there is a God in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzar what shall bee in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the things which thou hast seene in thine heade vpon thy bed, is this.

  • Eccl 12:8
    68%

    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Prov 19:23
    68%

    23The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.

  • Prov 3:25
    68%

    25Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.

  • Gen 37:6
    68%

    6For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

  • Eccl 5:12
    68%

    12(5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5(7:7) Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

    6(7:8) For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

  • Eccl 7:10
    68%

    10(7:12) Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? For thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.

  • Job 35:16
    68%

    16Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.

  • Ps 127:2
    67%

    2It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

  • Eccl 2:23
    67%

    23For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

  • Prov 3:7
    67%

    7Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

  • Eph 5:6
    67%

    6Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

  • Prov 20:2
    67%

    2The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehoode and youth are vanitie.

  • Prov 23:17
    67%

    17Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lorde continually.

  • Job 22:10
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    10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shal suddenly trouble thee: