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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Practical wisdom about religious devotion: guard your steps when entering the house of God, let your words be few, and do not delay fulfilling vows. Qohelet observes that wealth hoarded or lost in bad ventures does not satisfy, and that …
Other Translations
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.
Cross References
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering …
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew …
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, …
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou …
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that …
And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place …
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto …
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, …
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly …