World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:1
“Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 5
1
Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
2
Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
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