Common English Bible

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Watch your steps when you go to God’s house. It’s more acceptable to listen than to offer the fools’ sacrifice—they have no idea that they’re acting wrongly.

2. Don’t be quick with your mouth or say anything hastily before God, because God is in heaven, but you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

3. Remember:Dreams come with many cares,and the voice of fools with many words.

4. When you make a promise to God, fulfill it without delay because God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise.

5. Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it.

6. Don’t let your mouth make a sinner of you, and don’t say to the messenger: "It was a mistake!" Otherwise, God may become angry at such talk and destroy what you have accomplished.

7. Remember:When dreams multiply,so do pointless thoughts and excessive speech.Therefore, fear God.