Proverbs 20:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 5:15 : 15 `When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation `in' silver -- shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary -- for a guilt-offering.
  • Lev 22:10-15 : 10 `And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing; 11 and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread. 12 `And a priest's daughter, when she is a strange man's, -- she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat; 13 and a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as `in' her youth, of her father's bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it. 14 `And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given `it' to the priest, with the holy thing; 15 and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,
  • Lev 27:9-9 : 9 `And if `it is' a beast of which they bring near an offering to Jehovah, all that `one' giveth of it to Jehovah is holy; 10 he doth not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really change beast for beast, -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy.
  • Lev 27:30-31 : 30 And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's -- holy to Jehovah. 31 `And if a man really redeem `any' of his tithe, its fifth he addeth to it.
  • Num 30:2-9 : 2 `When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth. 3 `And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth, 4 and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 5 `And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her. 6 `And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows `are' on her, or a wrongful utterance `on' her lips, which she hath bound on her soul, 7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established. 8 `And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which `is' on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her. 9 `As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her. 10 `And if `in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath, 11 and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 12 `And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her. 13 `Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it; 14 and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which `are' upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing; 15 and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.' 16 These `are' the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, `in' the house of her father.
  • Prov 18:7 : 7 The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.
  • Eccl 5:4-6 : 4 When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete. 5 Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: `In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering! 9 With a curse ye are cursed! And Me ye are deceiving -- this nation -- all of it. 10 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 `Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest -- complete.

    5Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

  • Num 30:2
    72%

    2`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

  • Prov 22:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

  • Lev 5:4
    71%

    4`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;

  • Lev 22:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14`And when a man doth eat of a holy thing through ignorance, then he hath added its fifth part to it, and hath given `it' to the priest, with the holy thing;

    15and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,

  • Prov 20:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

    17Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.

  • Prov 20:24
    70%

    24From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

  • Deut 23:21-23
    3 verses
    70%

    21`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

    22`And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.

    23The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done `it', as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

  • Prov 28:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

  • Prov 29:25
    69%

    25Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

    2Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

  • Exod 34:12
    69%

    12take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;

  • Prov 20:2
    69%

    2The fear of a king `is' a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

  • Prov 6:2
    69%

    2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

  • Prov 11:15
    69%

    15Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 20:21
    68%

    21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

  • Prov 5:21
    68%

    21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

  • Job 18:10
    68%

    10Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

  • Prov 22:5
    68%

    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Prov 20:14
    68%

    14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

  • Prov 1:17
    68%

    17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

  • Prov 27:13
    68%

    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Exod 20:7
    68%

    7`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

  • Prov 25:27
    68%

    27The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.

  • Prov 17:18
    68%

    18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

  • Prov 28:10
    67%

    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

  • Lev 6:3
    67%

    3or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all `these' which man doth, sinning in them:

  • Prov 6:26
    67%

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Lev 5:19
    67%

    19it `is' a guilt-offering; he hath been certainly guilty before Jehovah.'

  • Prov 20:26
    67%

    26A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

  • Matt 23:20
    67%

    20`He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Num 30:10
    67%

    10`And if `in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

  • Matt 23:18
    67%

    18`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!

  • Prov 1:19
    67%

    19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

  • Job 22:15
    67%

    15The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

  • Eccl 8:2
    67%

    2I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

  • Ezek 21:23
    67%

    23And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.