Proverbs 20:25

Proverbs chapter 20 · verse 25 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.24A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

v.25This passage

v.26A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 22:10

    There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Numbers 30:2

    When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

  • Matthew 5:33

    Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.

  • Proverbs 18:7

    A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Leviticus 27:9

    And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.