Ecclesiastes 5:2
What is written? (ESV)
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
What does it say?
Don't be hasty in your speech or heart before God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, therefore let your words be few.
What is its immediate context?
The chapter opens with approaching God’s house to listen rather than offer the sacrifice of fools (vs 1). The following verses address words, dreams and vows before God (vss 3-7).
How Ecclesiastes 5:2 is applied across Bible answers
Where is the dwelling of God the Father?
God is in heaven, as opposed to on the earth where man dwells.
