1 Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to make a promise in God's presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
2 For nightmares come with many cares, and a fool's utterance with many words.
3 When you make a vow to God, delay not its fulfillment. For God has no pleasure in fools; fulfill what you have vowed.
4 You had better not make a vow than make it and not fulfill it.
5 Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, "It was a mistake," lest God be angered by such words and destroy the works of your hands.
6 Rather, fear God!
7 If you see oppression of the poor, and violation of rights and justice in the realm, do not be shocked by the fact, for the high official has another higher than he watching him and above these are others higher still--.
8 Yet an advantage for a country in every respect is a king for the arable land.
9 The covetous man is never satisfied with money, and the lover of wealth reaps no fruit from it; so this too is vanity.
10 Where there are great riches, there are also many to devour them. Of what use are they to the owner except to feast his eyes upon?
11 Sleep is sweet to the laboring man, whether he eats little or much, but the rich man's abundance allows him no sleep.
12 This is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches kept by their owner to his hurt.
13 Should the riches be lost through some misfortune, he may have a son when he is without means.
14 As he came forth from his mother's womb, so again shall he depart, naked as he came, having nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.
15 This too is a grievous evil, that he goes just as he came. What then does it profit him to toil for wind?
16 All the days of his life are passed in gloom and sorrow, under great vexation, sickness and wrath.
17 Here is what I recognize as good: it is well for a man to eat and drink and enjoy all the fruits of his labor under the sun during the limited days of the life which God gives him; for this is his lot.
18 Any man to whom God gives riches and property, and grants power to partake of them, so that he receives his lot and finds joy in the fruits of his toil, has a gift from God.
19 For he will hardly dwell on the shortness of his life, because God lets him busy himself with the joy of 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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