Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Fear God
51 nGuard your steps when you go to othe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to poffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
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- n[Ex. 3:5; Isa. 1:12]
- o[Gen. 28:17]
- pProv. 15:8; See 1 Sam. 15:22
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.
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NLTNew Living Translation
As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
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Guard your steps when you go to the house of God;
draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice of fools,
for they do not know that they are doing evil.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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