Ecc 5:2-6 | 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 5:2-6

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

4 When ^dyou vow a vow to God, ^edo not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. ^fPay what you vow. 5 ^gIt 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 ⁱthe messenger ^{▼▼Or angel} that it was ^ka mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?