Proverbs 20:25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one's vows.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one's vows.

English Standard Version
It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows.

New American Standard Bible
It is a trap for a man to say rashly, "It is holy!" And after the vows to make inquiry.

King James Bible
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly and later to reconsider his vows.

International Standard Version
It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows.

American Standard Version
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Darby Bible Translation
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.

Young's Literal Translation
A snare to a man is he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13
He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed.

Ecclesiastes 5:5
Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:23. A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. 24. How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord? 25. The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is. 26. Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous. 27. The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God. 28. Mercy and truth are the glories of God's throne. 29. Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. devoureth … holy—or, better, "who rashly speaks promises," or "devotes what is holy," consecrating any thing. This suits better the last clause, which expresses a similar view of the results of rashly vowing.