Ecclesiastes 5:2 Cross References - Thomson

² be thou not rash with thy mouth; nor let thy heart be hasty to utter a word in the presence of God. Because God is in the heaven above, and thou art on the earth, let thy words there fore be few.

²⁷ Then Abraham answered and said, Now I have taken upon me to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes!

³⁰ Then Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended if I speak? But if there be found there thirty?

³² And he said I will not destroy it, if I find twenty there. And Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended, if I speak yet once more? But if ten be found there? And he said, For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

²⁰ And Jacob made a vow saying, If the Lord God will be with me and watch over me in the way in which I am going and give me bread to eat and raiment to clothe me

² If any man vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with a solemn promise concerning his soul, he shall not break his word. Whatever hath proceeded from his mouth he shall do. ³ And if a woman vow to the Lord, or bind herself with a solemn promise, in her father's house, in her youth; ⁴ and her father hear her vows, and her promises with which she hath bound her soul, and hold his peace at her; all her vows, and all the promises with which she bound her soul, shall stand. ⁵ They shall be binding on her. But if her father expressly disapprove on the day he heareth her vows and the promises, with which she hath bound her soul, they shall not stand. And the Lord will acquit her because her father hath disallowed her.

³⁰ And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

²⁴ But Saul was guilty of a great imprudence that day; for he uttered an imprecation to the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eateth bread till evening, that I may take vengeance on mine enemy; so that none of the people tasted bread, though all the country was dining. ²⁵ Nay, though the forest Jaal abounded with honey, on the face of the ground, ²⁶ and the people entered that apiary; yet behold they went on talking, and behold there was not one who put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath of the Lord. ²⁷ But Jonathan did not hear when his father adjured the people, therefore he stretched forth the end of the sceptre in his hand, and stuck it into a honey-comb, and when he put his hand to his mouth, his eyes brightened up. ²⁸ And one of the people addressing him said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people saying, Cursed be the man who eateth bread this day, so the people are become faint. ²⁹ And when Jonathan knew this he said, My father hath troubled the land. See how my eyes have sparkled, because I tasted a little of this honey. ³⁰ Consequently, had the people this day eaten freely of the spoils of the enemy, the slaughter among the Philistines would now have been much greater. ³¹ They had now smitten on that day those of the Philistines at Machmas, and as the people were very fainty, ³² they turned upon the spoils; and when they took sheep, or cattle, or calves, they slew them on the ground, and eat them with the blood. ³³ And when it was told Saul, saying, The people have sinned against the Lord by eating with the blood, Saul said, Ye of Gethaim, roll for me here a great stone. ³⁴ Then Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and order them to bring here every man his ox, and every one his sheep, and kill it on this stone, and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood. So the people brought every one, what he had at hand and they slaughtered them there. ³⁵ And Saul built an altar there to the Lord. This was the first altar which Saul built to the Lord. ³⁶ Then Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and make devastation among them till the morning light, and not leave a man among them. And they said, Do what is good in thy sight. But the priest said, Let us draw near hither to God. ³⁷ Whereupon Saul consulted God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into the hands of Israel? But he answered him not that day. ³⁸ Then Saul said, Present here all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin hath been done this day; ³⁹ for as the Lord liveth who hath saved Israel, if the answer be given against Jonathan my son, he shall surely be put to death. But there was not one of the people who answered. ⁴⁰ Then he said to all the men of Israel, You shall be one lot, and I and my son Jonathan shall be the other lot. And the people said to Saul, Do what seemeth good in thy sight. ⁴¹ Then Saul said, Lord the God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If the fault be in me, or in Jonathan my son, Lord God of Israel make us manifest. And when he said these words, Give I beseech thee to thy people Israel, Give I beseech thee Sanctity, the lot fell on Jonathan and Saul; and the people escaped. ⁴² Then Saul said, Cast the lot between me, and Jonathan my son, and against whomsoever the Lord shall decide by lot, let him be put to death. But the people said to Saul, This is not confirmed. But Saul prevailed over the people, so they cast the lot between him and his son Jonathan; and the lot fell on Jonathan. ⁴³ Thereupon Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me; what hast thou done? And when Jonathan told him, and said, I just tasted a little honey with the end of the sceptre which was in my hand, and behold I must die; ⁴⁴ Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, but thou shalt surely die this day. ⁴⁵ Upon this the people said to Saul, Shall he this day be put to death who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? As the Lord liveth there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground. Because the people of God had that day performed exploits, therefore the people prayed for Jonathan that day, and he did not die.

³ Our God is in heaven and on earth: all that he willed, he hath done.

¹⁹ In speaking much thou canst not avoid sin; but if thou art sparing of thy lips, thou wilt be wise.

²⁵ The hasty dedication of his property is a snare to a man for after the vow a change of mind happeneth.

³ Because a dream cometh by much temptation, and a fool's voice with many words;

⁷ because it was with a multitude of dreams and vanities, and many words that thou fearest God.

⁹ But distant as the heaven is from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways; and your thoughts from my understanding.

⁷ And when you pray, use not a vain multiplicity of words as the heathen do. For they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

⁹ In this manner therefore pray ye, "Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be thy name;

²³ nay, he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give, even to the half of my kingdom.

² for in many instances we all offend. If any one offend not in discourse he is a perfect man, and able to bridle in the whole body.