Ecclesiastes 5 Verse References

Each verse below shows all confession links that cite it, including citations where the verse appears inside a larger grouped reference.

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• Ecclesiastes 5:1

  Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 21 , paragraph 3 : Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day

• Ecclesiastes 5:2

  Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 21 , paragraph 3 : Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day

• Ecclesiastes 5:4

  When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

  2 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 21 , paragraph 5 : Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 22 , paragraph 5 : Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

• Ecclesiastes 5:5

  It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

  2 confession links from 2 scripture references

  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 21 , paragraph 5 : Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 22 , paragraph 5 : Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

• Ecclesiastes 5:6

  Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?

  1 confession link from 1 scripture reference

  • WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 22 , paragraph 5 : Of Lawful Oaths and Vows