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Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

KJV

Ne temere quid loquaris, neque cor tuum sit velox ad proferendum sermonem coram Deo. Deus enim in cælo, et tu super terram ; idcirco sint pauci sermones tui.

Vulgate

μὴ σπεῦδε ἐπὶ στόματί σου, καὶ καρδία σου μὴ ταχυνάτω τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι λόγον πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ· ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω, καὶ σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· διὰ τοῦτο ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι σου ὀλίγοι.

LXX

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

ASV

אַל תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל פִּ֜י/ךָ וְ/לִבְּ/ךָ֧ אַל יְמַהֵ֛ר לְ/הוֹצִ֥יא דָבָ֖ר לִ/פְנֵ֣י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤ים בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְ/אַתָּ֣ה עַל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ עַֽל כֵּ֛ן יִהְי֥וּ דְבָרֶ֖י/ךָ מְעַטִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְמַהֵ֣ר
ymhr
verb · 64×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 11:22 — What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
  • 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • 1Sam 13:12 — Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
  • 1Sam 15:21 — But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
  • 1Sam 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • 2Chr 26:16 — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
  • Acts 7:33 — Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
  • Acts 10:33 — Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Eccl 5:6 — Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
  • Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
  • Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
  • Exod 20:26 — Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
  • Gen 4:3 — And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
  • Gen 28:16 — And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
  • Gen 28:17 — And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
  • Heb 10:26 — For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
  • Heb 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Isa 1:12 — When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
  • Isa 1:12 — When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
  • Isa 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Jer 7:21 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
  • Josh 5:15 — And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
  • Judg 11:30 — And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
  • Lev 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
  • Lev 19:30 — Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
  • Mal 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offer
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
  • Ps 50:8 — I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
  • Ps 89:7 — God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.