Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Cross-reference
Ecclesiastes 5:1 warns about reverence in God's house; verse 6 continues the theme of careful speech before God.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 directly advises against rash words before God; verse 6 applies this to vowing and excuses.
Leviticus 5:4 addresses guilt from rash oaths, providing the legal context for the sin warned against here.
James 1:26 ties unbridled speech to worthless religion, echoing the warning that rash vows lead to sin.
James 3:2 highlights the difficulty of controlling speech, underlining the danger of careless words before God.
Joshua 9:18 recounts the consequence of a rash oath — a narrative example of the vow principle Ecclesiastes warns about.
Job 31:30 states he did not let his mouth sin — a direct parallel to not letting your mouth cause sin.
In Leviticus 5:5, a person who sins unintentionally must confess — directly relevant to Ecclesiastes 5:6's warning against making rash vows before God.
In Proverbs 15:28, the righteous ponder their answers — contrasting the rash speech warned against here in Ecclesiastes 5:6.