Ecclesiastes 5:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

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  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men:
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.
  • Eccl 8:12 : 12 But though an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes, and haue a longe life: yet am I sure, that it shal go well with the that feare God, because they haue him before their eyes.
  • Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:
  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.
  • Isa 50:10-11 : 10 Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoge you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaut. Who so walketh in darcknesse, & no light shyneth vpo him, let him hope in the LORDE, and holde him by his God. 11 But take hede, ye haue all kyndled a fyre, and gyrded youre selues with the flame: Ye walke in the glistrige of youre owne fyre, and in the flame that ye haue kyndled. This cometh vnto you fro my honde, namely, yt ye shal slepe in sorowe.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.

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  • Eccl 5:1-6
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    1Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

    2Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

    3For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

    4Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them.

    5Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye.

    6Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

  • Job 33:14-15
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    74%

    14For whe God doth once commaunde a thinge, there shulde no man be curious, to search whether it be right.

    15In dreames and visions of the night season (when slombrynge cometh vpo me, that they fall a slepe in their beddes)

  • Job 7:14
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    14The troublest thou me with dreames, ad makest me so afrayed thorow visions,

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8Yf thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so yt equite & the right of the lawe is wraisted in the londe: maruell not thou at soch iudgmet, for one greate ma kepeth touch with another, and the mightie helpe the selues together.

  • Dan 4:5
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    5sawe a dreame, which made me afrayed: ad thoughtes that I had vpo my bed, with the visions of myne heade, troubled me.

  • Eccl 7:21-22
    2 verses
    71%

    21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

    22for thine owne hert knoweth, that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spoke euell by other men.

  • Job 4:13
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    13with a vision in the night, when men are fallen a slepe.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Eccl 7:16-18
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    16Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

    17be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

    18It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.

  • Jer 29:8
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    8For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: Let not those prophetes and soythsaiers yt be amonge you, disceaue you: & beleue not youre owne dreames.

  • Prov 15:16
    70%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

  • Job 15:4
    69%

    4As for shame, thou hast set it asyde, els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God:

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.

  • Prov 2:5
    69%

    5The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.

  • Eccl 12:12-13
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    12Therfore bewarre (my sonne) that aboue these thou make the not many & innumerable bokes, nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande, to weery thy body withall.

    13Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men:

  • Eccl 8:2
    68%

    2Kepe the kynges commaundemet (I warne the) & the ooth yt thou hast made vnto God.

  • Prov 30:6
    68%

    6Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes, lest he reproue the, and thou be founde as a lyar.

  • Dan 2:9
    68%

    9Therfore, yff ye wil not tell me the dreame, ye shal all haue one iudgment. But ye fayne and dyssemble with vayne wordes, which ye speake before me, to put off the tyme. Therfore tell me the dreame, ad so shall I knowe, yff ye can shewe me, what it meaneth.

  • Dan 2:28
    68%

    28Only God in heaue ca open secretes, and he it is, that sheweth the kinge Nabuchodonosor, what is for to come in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and that which thou hast sene in thyne heade vpon thy bed, is this:

  • Eccl 12:8
    68%

    8All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.

  • Prov 3:25
    68%

    25Thou neddest not to be afrayed of eny sodane feare, nether for the violent russhinge in of the vngodly, when it commeth.

  • Gen 37:6
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    6for he sayde: Heare I praye you what I dreamed.

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    68%

    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

    6For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

  • Job 35:16
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    16Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne, ad folishly hath he made so many wordes.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.

  • Eccl 2:23
    67%

    23but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

  • Prov 3:7
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    7Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:

  • Eph 5:6
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    6(Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes) for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

  • Eccl 11:10
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    10Pvt awaye displeasure out of yi hert, & remoue euell from thy body: for childehode and youth is but vanite.

  • Prov 23:17
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    17Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:

  • Job 22:10
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    10Therfore art thou compased aboute with snares on euery syde, & sodely vexed wt feare.