Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Think carefully before you promise an offering to God. You might regret it later. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract. a snare Proverbs 18:7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul. Leviticus 5:15 If any one shall sin through mistake, transgressing the ceremonies in those things that are sacrificed to the Lord, he shall offer for his offence a ram without blemish out of the flocks, that may be bought for two sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary. Leviticus 22:10-15 No stranger shall eat of the sanctified things: a sojourner of the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of them. . . . Leviticus 27:30 All tithes of the land, whether of corn, or of the fruits of trees, are the Lord's, and are sanctified to him. Malachi 3:8-10 Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits. . . . after Leviticus 27:9,10,31 But a beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if any one shall vow, shall be holy, . . . Numbers 30:2 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised. Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. . . . Matthew 5:33 Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord. Context Wine is a Mocker…24The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? 25It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.… Cross References Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:4 If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. Ecclesiastes 5:5 And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised. Jump to Previous Consider Danger Dedicate Dedication Devoureth Enquiry Holy Inquiry Later Making Oaths Questioning Rash Rashly Reflect Snare Something Swallowed Thought Trap VowsJump to Next Consider Danger Dedicate Dedication Devoureth Enquiry Holy Inquiry Later Making Oaths Questioning Rash Rashly Reflect Snare Something Swallowed Thought Trap VowsLinks Proverbs 20:25 NIVProverbs 20:25 NLT Proverbs 20:25 ESV Proverbs 20:25 NASB Proverbs 20:25 Bible Apps Proverbs 20:25 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 20:25 Chinese Bible Proverbs 20:25 French Bible Proverbs 20:25 German Bible Alphabetical: a after and consider dedicate for his holy inquiry is It later make man only rashly say something the to trap vows OT Poetry: Proverbs 20:25 It is a snare to a man (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |