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
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he …
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath …
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be …
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place …
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame …
For our God is a consuming fire.