Ecc 5:1-2, Jam 1:26, 3:2 | ESV | STEP | Guard your steps when you go to the house of God . To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools , for they do not know that they are doing evil .

Ecclesiastes 5:1-2

Fear God

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:17 in Hebrew} ^bGuard your steps when you go to ^cthe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to ^doffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore ^flet your words be few.

James 1:26

26 If anyone thinks he is religious ^gand does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s ^hreligion is worthless.

James 3:2

2 For ⁱwe all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, ^jhe is a perfect man, ^kable also to bridle his whole body.