Proverbs 20:25

Bible in Basic English 1965

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earthso let not the number of your words be great.

Leviticus 5:15

If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.

Matthew 5:33

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

Deuteronomy 23:23

Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 23:24

When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.

Judges 21:22

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.