Ecclesiastes 5:2 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:2

2: And don't make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few.

Matthew 6:7

  1. "When you pray, don't babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again.

Proverbs 10:19

  1. Don't talk too much, for it fosters sin. Be sensible and turn off the flow!

Isaiah 55:9

  1. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Matthew 6:9

  1. Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored.

James 3:2

  1. We all make many mistakes, but those who control their tongues can also control themselves in every other way.

Ecclesiastes 5:7

  1. Dreaming all the time instead of working is foolishness. And there is ruin in a flood of empty words. Fear God instead.

Proverbs 20:25

  1. It is dangerous to make a rash promise to God before counting the cost.

Genesis 18:32

  1. Finally, Abraham said, "Lord, please do not get angry; I will speak but once more! Suppose only ten are found there?" And the LORD said, "Then, for the sake of the ten, I will not destroy it."

Genesis 18:27

  1. Then Abraham spoke again. "Since I have begun, let me go on and speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

Psalms 115:3

  1. For our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes.

Numbers 30:2

  1. A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.
  2. "If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father's home,
  3. and her father hears of the vow or pledge but says nothing, then all her vows and pledges will stand.
  4. But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The LORD will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

  1. Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, being a fool makes you a blabbermouth.

Mark 6:23

  1. Then he promised, "I will give you whatever you ask, up to half of my kingdom!"

Genesis 28:20

  1. Then Jacob made this vow: "If God will be with me and protect me on this journey and give me food and clothing,

Genesis 18:30

  1. "Please don't be angry, my Lord," Abraham pleaded. "Let me speak--suppose only thirty are found?" And the LORD replied, "I will not destroy it if there are thirty."

1 Samuel 14:24

  1. Now the men of Israel were worn out that day, because Saul had made them take an oath, saying, "Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening--before I have full revenge on my enemies." So no one ate a thing all day,
  2. even though they found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.
  3. They didn't even touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.
  4. But Jonathan had not heard his father's command, and he dipped a stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt much better.
  5. But one of the men saw him and said, "Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint."

Judges 11:30

  1. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, "If you give me victory over the Ammonites,

Genesis 28:22

  1. This memorial pillar will become a place for worshiping God, and I will give God a tenth of everything he gives me."
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