Proverbs 20:25 - Revised Standard Version

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making his vows.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, And after vows to make enquiry.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

Common English Bible

²⁵ It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and only reflect after making the promise.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.

Proverbs 20:25 Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few.

Leviticus 5:15

“If any one commits a breach of faith and sins unwittingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; it is a guilt offering.

Matthew 5:33

“Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.

Deuteronomy 23:23

You shall be careful to perform what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:24

“When you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your vessel.

Judges 21:22

And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’ ”