Ecc 5:1-6 | 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 5:1-6

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. 3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with ^gmany words.

4 When ^hyou vow a vow to God, ⁱdo not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. ^jPay what you vow. 5 ^kIt is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6 Let not your mouth lead you ^{▼▼Hebrew your flesh} into sin, and do not say before ^mthe messenger ^{▼▼Or angel} that it was ^oa mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?