5 Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor. (WEB)
Sirach 34:5
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Sirach 34:1–2
1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools. (WEB) 2 As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams. (WEB)
Isaiah 41:28–29
28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say. 29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:2–4
2 Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few. 3 As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words. 4 When you make…
Sirach 16:22–24
22 Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off. (WEB) 23 He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly. (WEB) 24 My son, listen to me, learn knowledge, and heed my words… (WEB)
Zechariah 10:1–3
1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. 2 For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wand…
Sirach 40:1–3
1 Great travail is created for every man. A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things. (WEB) 2 The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, tro… (WEB)
Ezekiel 13:5–7
5 You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD. 6 They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them;…
Ecclesiastes 5:6–8
6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God. 8 If yo…
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