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Ecclesiastes 5:2 (KJV)

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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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:
Genesis 18:30 - And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.
Genesis 18:32 - And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake.
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,
Genesis 28:22 - And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Leviticus 5:4 - Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these.
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.
Judges 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,
1 Samuel 14:24 - And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.
Psalms 115:3 - But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Proverbs 10:19 - In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
Proverbs 20:25 - [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 - For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 - For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 - The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:13 - The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.
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.
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.›
Matthew 6:9 - ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›
Mark 6:23 - And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give [it] thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
James 3:2 - For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.

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