Ecclesiastes 5:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 5:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 5:3 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 — KJV
“For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.”
— Ecclesiastes 5:3 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:3 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 5:3
“And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:3: dream, known, words
“But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:3: dream, known, words
“His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:3: multitude, voice, words
“And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:3: cometh, multitude, words
“But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:3: voice, known, words
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