Proverbs 20:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 5:15 : 15 If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.
  • Lev 22:10-15 : 10 No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment. 11 But any person for whom the priest has given money, to make him his, may take of it with him; and those who come to birth in his house may take of his bread. 12 And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings. 13 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so. 14 And if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part. 15 And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy. 10 It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.
  • Lev 27:30-31 : 30 And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord. 31 And if a man has a desire to get back any of the tenth part which he has given, let him give a fifth more.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord. 3 When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do. 4 If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking; 5 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force. 6 But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father. 7 And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought; 8 If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force. 9 But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness. 10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force. 11 If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband, 12 And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force. 13 But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness. 14 Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband. 15 But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her. 16 But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it. 5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands. 6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation. 10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-6
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    4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

    5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

    6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • Num 30:2
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    2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

  • Prov 22:25-26
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    25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

    26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

  • Lev 5:4
    71%

    4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • Lev 22:14-15
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    71%

    14 And if a man takes the holy food in error, he will have to give the holy thing back to the priest, with the addition of a fifth part.

    15 And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,

  • Prov 20:16-17
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    16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

    17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Deut 23:21-23
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    70%

    21 When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.

    22 But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

    23 Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

  • Prov 28:20-21
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    70%

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    69%

    1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

    2 As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

  • Exod 34:12
    69%

    12 But take care, and do not make any agreement with the people of the land where you are going, for it will be a cause of sin to you.

  • Prov 20:2
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    2 The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • Prov 6:2
    69%

    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    68%

    2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 20:21
    68%

    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

  • Job 18:10
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    10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14 A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

  • Prov 1:17
    68%

    17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

  • Prov 27:13
    68%

    13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Exod 20:7
    68%

    7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

  • Prov 25:27
    68%

    27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Prov 28:10
    67%

    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.

  • Prov 6:26
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    26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Lev 5:19
    67%

    19 It is an offering for his error: he is certainly responsible before the Lord.

  • Prov 20:26
    67%

    26 A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

  • Matt 23:20
    67%

    20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Num 30:10
    67%

    10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

  • Matt 23:18
    67%

    18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Job 22:15
    67%

    15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.

  • Ezek 21:23
    67%

    23 And this answer given by secret arts will seem false to those who have given their oaths and have let them be broken: but he will keep the memory of evil-doing so that they may be taken.