Ecclesiastes 5:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth; speak not without good understanding and due consideration. Let not thine heart be hasty; do not give way to every sudden motion of thine heart, nor suffer it to break out of thy lips till thou hast well weighed it. To utter any thing before God; either, 1. In prayers directed to him. Or, 2. In solemn vows and promises made in God’s presence; which were very much in use in those times, and of which he speaks in the following verses, where he presseth us to pay our... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-3

CRITICAL NOTES.—Ecclesiastes 5:1. Thy foot] The outward movement, as showing the tendency of the heart. The sacrifice of fools] Some unworthy satisfaction of the religious idea—an offering whose purpose is merely to please God, and to serve as a salve for the conscience. They consider not that they do evil] Theirs is the error of simple ignorance rather than of any intention to deceive. Ecclesiastes 5:2. Rash with thy mouth] Refers to the repetition of unmeaning words—mere babbling.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 A thoughtless resorting to the sanctuary, inattention and indevotion there, and precipitancy in religious vows and promises are still as common as in the days of Solomon. And for these evils the only remedy is that which he prescribes: a heartfelt and abiding reverence. I. There is a preparation for the sanctuary. Not only should there be prayer beforehand for God's blessing there, but a studious effort to concentrate on its services all our faculties. In the spirit of that... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

Ecclesiastes 3:1-5:20 A profound gloom rests on the second act or section of this drama. It teaches us that we are helpless in the iron grip of laws which we had no voice in making; that we often lie at the mercy of men whose mercy is but a caprice; that in our origin and end, in body and spirit, in faculty and prospect, in our lives and pleasures, we are no better than the beasts that perish; that the avocations into which we plunge, amid which we seek to forget our sad estate, spring from our... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

Chapter 5Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider the evil that they do ( Ecclesiastes 5:1 ).When you go into the house of God, listen. Be more ready to hear.Don't be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you are upon the earth: therefore let your words be few ( Ecclesiastes 5:2 ).And now he's talking about going in the house of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ecclesiastes 5:1-20

Ecclesiastes 5:1 . Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God. Avoid wandering thoughts, and be wholly absorbed in devotion. Do not hear the words of prayer only, but desire the blessings sought. Set the Lord always before you, as enthroned in his temple, and surrounded with cherubim and seraphim. Contemplate God in the glory of his covenant; see yourselves as worms of the dust, and you will gradually enter into the true spirit and power of devotion. Then, when the hour of prayer is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ecclesiastes 5:1-12

Ecclesiastes 5:1-12Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.Reverence and fidelityThis passage is a series of cautions against irreverence and insincerity in worship, against discouragement because of political wrongs, and against the passion for, and misuse of, great riches. Distrust in God underlies all these evils. Humble faith in and reliance upon Him, in the contrast, mark the wise man. Note--I. One’s proper bearing in the Lord’s house (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7).1. In the first three... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:2

Ecc 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ver. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth. ] From hearing, the Preacher proceeds to give directions for speaking, whether it be of God or to him. For the first, the very heathens could say, Non loquendum de Deo sine lumine, a We may not speak of God without a light - i.e., without a deliberate premeditation and well... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ecclesiastes 5:2

not rash: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 28:22, Numbers 30:2-Deuteronomy :, Judges 11:30, 1 Samuel 14:24-Romans :, Mark 6:23 thing: or, word for: Psalms 115:3, Isaiah 55:9, Matthew 6:9, let thy, Ecclesiastes 5:3, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Proverbs 10:19, Matthew 6:7, James 3:2 Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Joshua 9:18 - had sworn Judges 11:35 - have opened Judges 21:1 - There 1 Kings 8:30 - and hear 2 Chronicles 6:21 - thy dwelling place Nehemiah 10:28... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.Rash — Speak not without due consideration.To utter — Either in prayer, or vows.For God — Is a God of infinite majesty, holiness, and knowledge.Thy words — Either in prayer or in vowing. read more

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