Proverbs 20:25

Bishops' Bible (1568)

It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie.

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  • Lev 5:15 : 15 If a soule trespasse and sinne thorowe ignoraunce in thinges that are consecrated vnto the Lorde, let hym bryng for his trespasse vnto the Lord, a Ramme without blemishe out of the flockes, valued in money at two sicles, after the sicle of the sanctuarie, that it may be for a trespasse offering.
  • Lev 22:10-15 : 10 There shall no straunger eate of the holy thing, neither a ghest of ye priestes, neither shall an hyred seruaunt eate of the holy thyng. 11 But if the priest bye any soule with money, he shall eate of it, like as he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate. 12 If the priestes daughter also be maried vnto a staunger, she may not eate of the halowed heaue offeringes: 13 Notwithstanding, if ye priestes daughter be a wydowe or deuorsed, and haue no chylde, but is returned vnto her fathers house agayne, she shall eate of her fathers meate, aswell as she dyd it in her youth: But there shall no straunger eate therof. 14 If a man eate of the holy thyng vnwittingly, he shal put the fifth part thervnto, and geue it vnto the priest with the halowed thyng. 15 And the priestes shall not defile the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, whiche they offer vnto the Lorde:
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 If it be a beast of which men bryng an offeryng vnto the Lorde, all that any man geueth of such vnto the Lord, shalbe holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor chaunge it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: And if he chaunge beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherwith it was chaunged, shalbe holy.
  • Lev 27:30-31 : 30 Euery tithe of the lande also, both of the seede of the lande, and of the fruite of the trees, is the Lordes, and is sanctified vnto the Lorde. 31 And if a man wyll redeeme ought of his tithes, let hym adde the fift part thereto.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth. 3 If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth: 4 And her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule, & holde his peace therto: then all her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpo her soule, shal stande in effect. 5 But and if her father disalowe her the same day that he heareth al her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpon her soule: they shall not be of value, and the Lorde shall forgeue her, because her father disalowed her. 6 If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule: 7 And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect. 8 And if her husbande disalowe her the same day that he hearde it, then he shall make her vowe which she hath vpon her, and the openyng of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule, of none effect, and the Lorde shall forgeue her. 9 But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them. 10 If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe: 11 And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace concernyng her, & disalowed her not: then all her vowes shal stande, and euery bonde wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande. 12 But if her husbande disanulled them the same day yt he hearde them: then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect: for her husbande hath disanulled them, and the Lorde shall forgeue her. 13 All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule, may her husbande stablishe or breake. 14 But if her husbande holde his peace from one day to another, then he stablissheth all her vowes & bondes which she had vpon her: he confirmeth them, because he helde his peace concernyng her the same day that he hearde them. 15 But if he breake them, after that he hath hearde them, he shall beare her sinne hym selfe. 16 These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe, and betweene the father and his daughter, beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it. 5 For better is it that thou make no vowe, then that thou shouldest promise and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Wyll a man spoyle his Gods? yet ye haue spoyled me: and ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tythes and offeringes? 9 Ye are cursed with a curse, & me haue ye spoyled, euen this whole nation. 10 Bryng euery tythe into the store house, that there may be meate in myne house, and prooue me withal, saith the Lorde of hoastes: if I wyl not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and poure you out a blessing without measure.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it.

    5For better is it that thou make no vowe, then that thou shouldest promise and not pay.

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes.

  • Num 30:2
    72%

    2If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth.

  • Prov 22:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.

    26Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes:

  • Lev 5:4
    71%

    4Either if a soule sweare, and pronounceth with his lippes to do euill or to do good, whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pronounce with an othe, and the thyng be hyd from hym, and commeth to the knowledge of it, and hath offended in one of these:

  • Lev 22:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14If a man eate of the holy thyng vnwittingly, he shal put the fifth part thervnto, and geue it vnto the priest with the halowed thyng.

    15And the priestes shall not defile the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, whiche they offer vnto the Lorde:

  • Prov 20:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.

    17A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell.

  • Prov 20:24
    70%

    24The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    70%

    21When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, thou shalt not flacke to pay it: For the Lorde thy God wyll surely require it of thee, and it shalbe sinne in thee.

    22If thou shalt leaue bowyng, it shalbe no sinne in thee.

    23But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes, thou must kepe and do, accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll, and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

  • Prov 28:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20A faythfull man shalbe fylled with blessinges, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be vngyltie.

    21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.

    2Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

  • Exod 34:12
    69%

    12Take heede to thy self, lest thou make any compact with the inhabitours of the lande whyther thou goest, lest they be cause of ruine amongest you:

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

  • Prov 6:2
    69%

    2Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretishyp is sure.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 20:21
    68%

    21The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.

  • Prov 5:21
    68%

    21For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10The snare is layde for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the way.

  • Prov 22:5
    68%

    5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.

  • Prov 20:14
    68%

    14It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.

  • Prov 1:17
    68%

    17But as in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:

  • Prov 27:13
    68%

    13Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.

  • Exod 20:7
    68%

    7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.

  • Prov 25:27
    68%

    27As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.

  • Prov 17:18
    68%

    18Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole.

  • Prov 28:10
    67%

    10Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit: but the iust shall haue the good in possession.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3Or if he haue founde that which was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thing it be that a man doth, and sinneth therein:

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

  • Lev 5:19
    67%

    19This is a trespasse offering, for the trespasse committed against the Lorde.

  • Prov 20:26
    67%

    26A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them.

  • Matt 23:20
    67%

    20Who so therfore sweareth by the aulter, sweareth by it, and by all thynges theron.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25Thou shalt not eate it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee: But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde.

  • Num 30:10
    67%

    10If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe:

  • Matt 23:18
    67%

    18And whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it, he is a detter.

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.

  • Job 22:15
    67%

    15Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.

  • Ezek 21:23
    67%

    23And it shalbe vnto them as a false diuination in their sight, for the othes made vnto them: but he wyll call to remembraunce their iniquitie, to the intent they may be taken.