Proverbs 20:25

Webster's Bible (1833)

It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 5:15 : 15 "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
  • Lev 22:10-15 : 10 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. 12 If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. 13 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's bread: but no stranger shall eat any of it. 14 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. 15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 "'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
  • Lev 27:30-31 : 30 "'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh. 31 If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. 3 Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 6 If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, 7 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her. 9 But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her. 10 If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. 6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

    5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

    6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

  • Num 30:2
    72%

    2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

  • Prov 22:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.

    26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts.

  • Lev 5:4
    71%

    4 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

  • Lev 22:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

    15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

  • Prov 20:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; And hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

    17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Prov 20:24
    70%

    24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his way?

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    70%

    21 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

    22 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

    23 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.

  • Prov 28:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; But one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

    21 To show partiality is not good; Yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25 The fear of man proves to be a snare, But whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21 that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

    2 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

  • Exod 34:12
    69%

    12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

  • Prov 6:2
    69%

    2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, But he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 20:21
    68%

    21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, Won't be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 5:21
    68%

    21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way.

  • Prov 22:5
    68%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 20:14
    68%

    14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

  • Prov 1:17
    68%

    17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

  • Prov 27:13
    68%

    13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

  • Exod 20:7
    68%

    7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

  • Prov 25:27
    68%

    27 It is not good to eat much honey; Nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

  • Prov 17:18
    68%

    18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, And becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 28:10
    67%

    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

  • Lev 5:19
    67%

    19 It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before Yahweh."

  • Prov 20:26
    67%

    26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.

  • Matt 23:20
    67%

    20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25 You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

  • Num 30:10
    67%

    10 If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

  • Matt 23:18
    67%

    18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • Job 22:15
    67%

    15 Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.

  • Ezek 21:23
    67%

    23 It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.