Ecclesiastes 5:2
"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
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- Matthew 6:7
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 10:19
"In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 55:9
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 6:9
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 18:27
"And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:"
Read in chapter → - Numbers 30:2
"If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 5:3
"For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 5:7
"For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 28:20
"And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:25
"It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry."
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