Shut Your Mouth Before God: Qoheleth's Assault on Pious Verbosity, Ecclesiastes 5:2
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few., The verse that reframes prayer as danger, not comfort — because God is in heaven and you are on earth.
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