Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be hasty to speak, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
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Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 20:25
It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly only later to reconsider his vows.

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Genesis 18:27, 30, 32
Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord--though I am but dust and ashes-- . . .

Genesis 28:20, 22
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear, . . .

Numbers 30:2-5
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised. . . .

Judges 11:30
Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: "If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hands,

1 Samuel 14:24-45
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies." So none of the troops tasted any food. . . .

Mark 6:23
And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

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Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven and does as He pleases.

Isaiah 55:9
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Matthew 6:9
So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name,

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Ecclesiastes 5:3, 7
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words. . . .

Proverbs 10:19
When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

James 3:2
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

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