2 Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart hurry to bring forth a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; on account of this, let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 Cross References - LITV
Genesis 18:27
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I pray, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, and I am dust and ash.
Genesis 18:30
30 And he said, Please do not my Lord be angry, that I may speak; perhaps thirty will be found there. And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
Genesis 18:32
32 And he said, I pray, let not my Lord be angry that I may speak only this time; perhaps ten will be found there. And He said, I will not destroy because of the ten.
Genesis 28:20
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God is with me and keeps me in this way which I am going, and gives to me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
Genesis 28:22
22 and this stone which I have placed as a memorial pillar shall become the house of God; and all which You shall give to me, I will tithe the tenth to You.
Numbers 30:2-5
2 When a man vows a vow to Jehovah, or has sworn an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do all that has gone out of his mouth.
3 And when a woman vows a vow to Jehovah, and has bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,
4 and her father has heard her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father has remained silent as to her, then all her vows shall stand; and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
5 But if her father has prohibited her in the day he heard, none of her vows and her bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. And Jehovah will forgive her because her father prohibited her.
Judges 11:30
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,
1 Samuel 14:24-45
24 And the men of Israel were distressed on that day, for Saul took an oath of the people, saying, Cursed shall be the man who eats food until the evening, when I have been avenged on my foes. And none of the people tasted food.
25 And all those of the land came into a forest, and there was honey on the ground.
26 And the people came into the forest; and behold, a flow of honey! But no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
27 And Jonathan did not hear when his father made the people swear. And he put out the tip of the staff in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb. And he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
28 And one of the people answered and said, Your father certainly took an oath of the people, saying, Cursed shall be the man who eats food today. And the people were weak.
29 And Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See, now, that my eyes became bright, for I tasted this little honey.
30 How much more if the people had eaten well today of this spoil of its enemies which it has found. For now would not the blow among the Philistines have not been great.
31 And they struck the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very weak.
32 And the people fell on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughtered them to the ground. And the people ate with the blood.
33 And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood. And he said, You have acted treacherously. Now roll me a great stone today.
34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, Each one bring his ox near to me, and each his sheep, and you slaughter here, and eat; and you shall not sin against Jehovah, to eat with the blood. And each of all the people brought near his ox in his hand that night, and they slaughtered there.
35 And Saul built an altar to Jehovah. With it he began to build an altar to Jehovah.
36 And Saul said Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light, and not a man remains among them. And they said, Do all that is good in your eyes. And the priest said, Let us draw near here to God.
37 And Saul asked of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel? But He did not answer him on that day.
38 And Saul said, All leaders of the people draw near here, and know and see how this sin has happened today.
39 For as Jehovah lives, who delivers Israel, surely if it is my son Jonathan, he shall certainly die. And no one answered him from all the people.
40 And he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on another side. And the people said to Saul, Do that which is good in your eyes.
41 And Saul said to Jehovah, the God of Israel, Give a perfect lot . And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people went out.
42 And Saul said, Cast between me and my son Jonathan. And Jonathan was taken.
43 And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me, what did you do? And Jonathan told him, and said, I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff in my hand. Behold, I am here; I will die.
44 And Saul said, God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
45 And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, he who did this great deliverance in Israel? Far be it! As Jehovah lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. And the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
Psalms 115:3
3 But our God is in Heaven; He has done all that He has pleased.
Proverbs 10:19
19 In the abundance of words transgression does not cease, but one restraining his lips is prudent.
Proverbs 20:25
25 It is a snare to a man to say rashly, A holy thing, and after the vows to inquire about it .
Ecclesiastes 5:3
3 For the dream comes through the greatness of the task; and the voice of the fool is known by the multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 5:7
7 For in the multitude of dreams, both words and vanities abound; but fear God.
Isaiah 55:9
9 For as the heavens are high from the earth, so My ways are high from your ways, and My thoughts from your thoughts.
Matthew 6:7
7 But when you pray, do not babble vain words, as the nations; for they think that they shall be heard in their much speaking.
Matthew 6:9
9 So, then, you should pray this way: Our Father who is in Heaven, let be sanctified Your name.
Mark 6:23
23 And he swore to her, Whatever you ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom.
James 3:2
2 For we all stumble in many ways . If any one does not stumble in word, this one is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.