Ecclesiastes 5:2

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”

The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

“ ‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.

Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”

For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’ ”

They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, “We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don’t let us die for this man’s life, and don’t lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.”

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”

It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’ ”

She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

“Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”

“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?”

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

But they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

For I don’t know what I am doing. For I don’t practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.

Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”

The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge, and understanding—

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words; but you must fear God.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”