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Ecclesiastes 5:1

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Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

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Verse 1. Few. As none can arrive at the perfect knowledge of God, they should be reserved in speaking of Him. Worthington.—De Deo etiam vera loqui periculosum. Cic. de Nat.—In prayer, ( Calmet.) we must not pretend to give him any information, like the heathens. Matthew 6:7. Bible.

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