Proverbs 20:25

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It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 5:15 : 15 “When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the LORD’s holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the LORD, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering.
  • Lev 22:10-15 : 10 “‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy, 11 but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest’s own house may eat his food. 12 If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings, 13 but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it. 14 “‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. 15 They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 Redemption of Vowed Animals“‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy. 10 He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy.
  • Lev 27:30-31 : 30 Redemption of the Tithe“‘Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 31 If a man redeems part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. 3 Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation, 4 and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand. 5 But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her. 6 Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself, 7 and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. 8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it. 9 Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. 10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath, 11 and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand. 12 But if her husband clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her from them. 13 “Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify. 14 But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about her when he heard them. 15 But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity.” 16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow! 5 It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it. 6 Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions! 9 You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me– this whole nation is guilty. 10 “Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-6
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    4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

    5It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.

    6Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

  • Num 30:2
    72%

    2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

  • Prov 22:25-26
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

    26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–

  • Lev 22:14-15
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    14“‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.

    15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,

  • Prov 20:16-17
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    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

    17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Deut 23:21-23
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    70%

    21When you make a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

    22If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.

    23Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the LORD your God as a freewill offering.

  • Prov 28:20-21
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    70%

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be set on high.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    69%

    1Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

    2(5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

  • Exod 34:12
    69%

    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.

  • Prov 6:2
    69%

    2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    68%

    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Prov 22:5
    68%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

  • Prov 1:17
    68%

    17Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

  • Prov 27:13
    68%

    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Exod 20:7
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    7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

  • Prov 25:27
    68%

    27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

  • Prov 17:18
    68%

    18The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

  • Prov 28:10
    67%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Lev 5:19
    67%

    19It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty before the LORD.”

  • Prov 20:26
    67%

    26A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.

  • Matt 23:20
    67%

    20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

  • Num 30:10
    67%

    10If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

  • Matt 23:18
    67%

    18And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Job 22:15
    67%

    15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2Obey the king’s command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

  • Ezek 21:23
    67%

    23But those in Jerusalem will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, but the king of Babylon will accuse them of violations in order to seize them.