Ecclesiastes 5:6
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”Ecclesiastes 5:6
What Does Ecclesiastes 5:6 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 5:6 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 5, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Self-Control.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 5:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 1:26“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.”2 John 1:8“Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.”James 3:2“For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.”Ecclesiastes 5:1“Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.”Malachi 2:7“For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.”Leviticus 5:4“Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.”Proverbs 15:28“The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.”Genesis 48:16“The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”Proverbs 10:17“He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.”Numbers 15:25“And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:”Joshua 9:18“And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.”Job 31:30“Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.”1 Corinthians 3:13“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”Hebrews 1:14“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?”Leviticus 27:9“And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.”Hosea 12:4“Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;”Haggai 1:9“Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.”Haggai 2:14“Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.”Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”Acts 7:30“And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.”
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