Verse 2
Be not rash{H926} with thy mouth,{H6310} and let not thy heart{H3820} be hasty{H4116} to utter{H3318} anything{H1697} before{H6440} God;{H430} for God{H430} is in heaven,{H8064} and thou upon earth:{H776} therefore let thy words{H1697} be few.{H4592}
Referenced Verses
- Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude{H7230} of words{H1697} there wanteth{H2308} not transgression;{H6588} But he that refraineth{H2820} his lips{H8193} doeth wisely.{H7919}
- Matt 6:7 : 7 And{G1161} in praying{G4336} use{G945} not{G3361} vain repetitions,{G945} as{G5618} the Gentiles{G1482} do: for{G1063} they think{G1380} that{G3754} they shall be heard{G1522} for{G1722} their{G846} much speaking.{G4180}
- Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens{H8064} are higher{H1361} than the earth,{H776} so are my ways{H1870} higher{H1361} than your ways,{H1870} and my thoughts{H4284} than your thoughts.{H4284}
- Jas 3:2 : 2 For{G1063} in many things{G4183} we all{G537} stumble.{G4417} If{G1487} any{G5100} stumbleth{G4417} not{G3756} in{G1722} word,{G3056} the same{G3778} is a perfect{G5046} man,{G435} able{G1415} to bridle{G5468} the whole{G3650} body{G4983} also.{G2532}
- Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God{H430} is in the heavens:{H8064} He hath done{H6213} whatsoever he pleased.{H2654}
- Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham{H85} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Behold now, I have taken upon me{H2974} to speak{H1696} unto the Lord,{H136} who{H595} am but dust{H6083} and ashes:{H665}
- Gen 18:30 : 30 And he said,{H559} Oh{H4994} let not the Lord{H136} be angry,{H2734} and I will speak:{H1696} peradventure there shall thirty{H7970} be found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not do{H6213} it, if I find{H4672} thirty{H7970} there.
- Gen 18:32 : 32 And he said,{H559} Oh let not the Lord{H136} be angry,{H2734} and I will speak{H1696} yet{H389} but this once:{H6471} peradventure ten{H6235} shall be found{H4672} there. And he said,{H559} I will not destroy{H7843} it for the ten's{H6235} sake.
- Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a snare{H4170} to a man{H120} rashly{H3216} to say, [It is] holy,{H6944} And after{H310} vows{H5088} to make inquiry.{H1239}
- Num 30:2-5 : 2 When a man{H376} voweth{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} or sweareth{H7650} an oath{H7621} to bind{H631} his soul{H5315} with a bond,{H632} he shall not break{H2490} his word;{H1697} he shall do{H6213} according to all that proceedeth{H3318} out of his mouth.{H6310} 3 Also when a woman{H802} voweth{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and bindeth{H631} herself by a bond,{H632} being in her father's{H1} house,{H1004} in her youth,{H5271} 4 and her father{H1} heareth{H8085} her vow,{H5088} and her bond{H632} wherewith she hath bound{H631} her soul,{H5315} and her father{H1} holdeth his peace{H2790} at her; then all her vows{H5088} shall stand,{H6965} and every bond{H632} wherewith she hath bound{H631} her soul{H5315} shall stand.{H6965} 5 But if her father{H1} disallow{H5106} her in the day{H3117} that he heareth,{H8085} none of her vows,{H5088} or of her bonds{H632} wherewith she hath bound{H631} her soul,{H5315} shall stand:{H6965} and Jehovah{H3068} will forgive{H5545} her, because her father{H1} disallowed{H5106} her.
- Eccl 5:7 : 7 For in the multitude{H7230} of dreams{H2472} there are vanities,{H1892} and in many{H7235} words:{H1697} but fear{H3372} thou God.{H430}
- Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner{G3779} therefore{G3767} pray{G4336} ye.{G5210} Our{G2257} Father{G3962} who art{G3588} in{G1722} heaven,{G3772} Hallowed be{G37} thy{G4675} name.{G3686}
- Mark 6:23 : 23 And{G2532} he sware{G3660} unto her,{G3754} Whatsoever{G3739} thou shalt ask{G154} of me,{G3165} I{G1437} will give{G1325} it thee,{G4671} unto{G2193} the half{G2255} of my{G3450} kingdom.{G932}
- Judg 11:30 : 30 And Jephthah{H3316} vowed{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} If thou wilt indeed{H5414} deliver{H5414} the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} into my hand,{H3027}
- 1 Sam 14:24-45 : 24 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} were distressed{H5065} that day;{H3117} for Saul{H7586} had adjured{H422} the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} that eateth{H398} any food{H3899} until it be evening,{H6153} and I be avenged{H5358} on mine enemies.{H341} So none of the people{H5971} tasted{H2938} food.{H3899} 25 And all the people{H776} came{H935} into the forest;{H3293} and there was honey{H1706} upon{H6440} the ground.{H7704} 26 And when the people{H5971} were come{H935} unto the forest,{H3293} behold, the honey{H1706} dropped:{H1982} but no man put{H5381} his hand{H3027} to his mouth;{H6310} for the people{H5971} feared{H3372} the oath.{H7621} 27 But Jonathan{H3129} heard{H8085} not when his father{H1} charged{H7650} the people{H5971} with the oath:{H7650} wherefore he put forth{H7971} the end{H7097} of the rod{H4294} that was in his hand,{H3027} and dipped{H2881} it in the honeycomb,{H3295} and put{H7725} his hand{H3027} to his mouth;{H6310} and his eyes{H5869} were enlightened.{H215} 28 Then answered{H6030} one{H376} of the people,{H5971} and said,{H559} Thy father{H1} straitly{H7650} charged{H7650} the people{H5971} with an oath,{H7650} saying,{H559} Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} that eateth{H398} food{H3899} this day.{H3117} And the people{H5971} were faint.{H5774} 29 Then said{H559} Jonathan,{H3129} My father{H1} hath troubled{H5916} the land:{H776} see,{H7200} I pray you, how mine eyes{H5869} have been enlightened,{H215} because I tasted{H2938} a little{H4592} of this honey.{H1706} 30 How much more,{H637} if haply{H3863} the people{H5971} had eaten{H398} freely{H398} to-day{H3117} of the spoil{H7998} of their enemies{H341} which they found?{H4672} for now hath there been no great{H7235} slaughter{H4347} among the Philistines.{H6430} 31 And they smote{H5221} of the Philistines{H6430} that day{H3117} from Michmash{H4363} to Aijalon.{H357} And the people{H5971} were very{H3966} faint;{H5774} 32 and the people{H5971} flew{H5860} upon the spoil,{H7998} and took{H3947} sheep,{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and calves,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them on the ground;{H776} and the people{H5971} did eat{H398} them with the blood.{H1818} 33 Then they told{H5046} Saul,{H7586} saying,{H559} Behold, the people{H5971} sin{H2398} against Jehovah,{H3068} in that they eat{H398} with the blood.{H1818} And he said,{H559} ye have dealt treacherously:{H898} roll{H1556} a great{H1419} stone{H68} unto me this day.{H3117} 34 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Disperse{H6327} yourselves among the people,{H5971} and say{H559} unto them, Bring me hither{H5066} every man{H376} his ox,{H7794} and every man{H376} his sheep,{H7716} and slay{H7819} them here, and eat;{H398} and sin{H2398} not against Jehovah{H3068} in eating{H398} with the blood.{H1818} And all the people{H5971} brought{H5066} every man{H376} his ox{H7794} with him{H3027} that night,{H3915} and slew{H7819} them there. 35 And Saul{H7586} built{H1129} an altar{H4196} unto Jehovah:{H3068} the same was the first{H2490} altar{H4196} that he built{H1129} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 36 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Let us go down{H3381} after{H310} the Philistines{H6430} by night,{H3915} and take spoil{H962} among them until the morning{H1242} light,{H216} and let us not leave{H7604} a man{H376} of them. And they said,{H559} Do{H6213} whatsoever seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} unto thee. Then said{H559} the priest,{H3548} Let us draw near{H7126} hither{H1988} unto God.{H430} 37 And Saul{H7586} asked{H7592} counsel of God,{H430} Shall I go down{H3381} after{H310} the Philistines?{H6430} wilt thou deliver{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of Israel?{H3478} But he answered{H6030} him not that day.{H3117} 38 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Draw nigh{H5066} hither,{H1988} all ye chiefs{H6438} of the people;{H5971} and know{H3045} and see{H7200} wherein{H4100} this sin{H2403} hath been this day.{H3117} 39 For, as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} who saveth{H3467} Israel,{H3478} though it be{H3426} in Jonathan{H3129} my son,{H1121} he shall surely{H4191} die.{H4191} But there was not a man among all the people{H5971} that answered{H6030} him. 40 Then said{H559} he unto all Israel,{H3478} Be ye on one{H259} side,{H5676} and I and Jonathan{H3129} my son{H1121} will be on the other{H259} side.{H5676} And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Do{H6213} what seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul{H7586} said{H559} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Show{H3051} the right.{H8549} And Jonathan{H3129} and Saul{H7586} were taken{H3920} [by lot]; but the people{H5971} escaped.{H3318} 42 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} Cast{H5307} [lots] between me and Jonathan{H3129} my son.{H1121} And Jonathan{H3129} was taken.{H3920} 43 Then Saul{H7586} said{H559} to Jonathan,{H3129} Tell{H5046} me what thou hast done.{H6213} And Jonathan{H3129} told{H5046} him, and said,{H559} I did certainly{H2938} taste{H2938} a little{H4592} honey{H1706} with the end{H7097} of the rod{H4294} that was in my hand;{H3027} and, lo,{H2009} I must die.{H4191} 44 And Saul{H7586} said,{H559} God{H430} do so{H6213} and more also;{H3254} for thou shalt surely{H4191} die,{H4191} Jonathan.{H3129} 45 And the people{H5971} said{H559} unto Saul,{H7586} Shall Jonathan{H3129} die,{H4191} who hath wrought{H6213} this great{H1419} salvation{H3444} in Israel?{H3478} Far{H2486} from it: as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} there shall not one hair{H8185} of his head{H7218} fall{H5307} to the ground;{H776} for he hath wrought{H6213} with God{H430} this day.{H3117} So the people{H5971} rescued{H6299} Jonathan,{H3129} that he died{H4191} not.
- Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream{H2472} cometh{H935} with a multitude{H7230} of business,{H6045} and a fool's{H3684} voice{H6963} with a multitude{H7230} of words.{H1697}
- Gen 28:20 : 20 And Jacob{H3290} vowed{H5087} a vow,{H5088} saying,{H559} If God{H430} will be with me, and will keep me{H8104} in this way{H1870} that I go,{H1980} and will give{H5414} me bread{H3899} to eat,{H398} and raiment{H899} to put on,{H3847}
- Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone,{H68} which I have set{H7760} up for a pillar,{H4676} shall be God's{H430} house:{H1004} and of all that thou shalt give{H5414} me I will surely{H6237} give the tenth{H6237} unto thee.