Cross references
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 6:7 (30 votes) and Proverbs 10:19 (27 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 18 to James 3.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:2 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 6:730 votes
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- Proverbs 10:1927 votes
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
- Isaiah 55:919 votes
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
- Matthew 6:911 votes
So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- Genesis 18:2710 votes
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Numbers 30:2–510 votes
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised. And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, …
- Ecclesiastes 5:310 votes
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:710 votes
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- Genesis 28:209 votes
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- Proverbs 20:259 votes
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
- James 3:29 votes
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- Psalm 115:38 votes
- Genesis 18:327 votes
- Genesis 18:305 votes
- Judges 11:303 votes
- 1 Samuel 14:24–453 votes
- Genesis 28:222 votes
- Mark 6:232 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:2?
The 10 strongest of 20.