1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil.
2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.
3 For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
6 Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake; why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
7 For when dreams increase, empty words grow many: but do you fear God.
8 If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
9 But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.
10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.
11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep.
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
14 and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may carry away in his hand.
16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he that he toiled for the wind,
17 and spent all his days in darkness and grief, in much vexation and sickness and resentment?
18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and to be fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life which God has given him, for this is his lot.
19 Every man also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and find enjoyment in his toil -- this is the gift of God.
20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
Versículos relacionados com Ecclesiastes, 5:
Ecclesiastes 5 deals with the need to fulfill the vows made to God, to avoid talking too much and being wise when speaking, and not putting confidence in wealth. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Psalm 50:14-15: "Offer God a sacrifice of gratitude and fulfill your vows to the Most High. Cry to me on the day of anguish; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." This verse talks about the importance of fulfilling the vows made to God and to cry out to Him in difficult times.
Proverbs 10:19: "When the words are many, sin is present, but who controls the tongue is wise." This verse emphasizes the importance of thinking before speaking and avoiding talking too much.
1 Timothy 6:17: "Order to those who are rich in the present world who are not arrogant, nor put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, which provides us richly to our satisfaction." This verse highlights the importance of not putting confidence in wealth, but in God.
Proverbs 20:25: "It is a trap to consecrate something hastily, and only think about the consequences after the vote has been made." This verse reinforces the importance of thinking carefully before making a vow to God.
James 1:19-20: "My beloved brothers, keep this in mind," Be ready to hear, late to speak and late to get angry, for man's wrath does not produce the righteousness of God. " This verse emphasizes the importance of being wise when speaking and controlling anger.
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