Ecc 5:2, Hos 14:2, Mat 6:6-8 | ESV | STEP | 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 let your words be few .

Ecclesiastes 5:2

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 ^blet your words be few.

Hosea 14:2

2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept ^cwhat is good,
and we will pay with bulls
^dthe vows ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit} of our lips.

Matthew 6:6-8

6 But when you pray, ^fgo into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. ^gAnd your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as ^hthe Gentiles do, for ⁱthey think that they will be heard ^jfor their many words. 8 Do not be like them, ^kfor your Father knows what you need before you ask him.