Proverbs 20:25

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

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.

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.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 18:13

He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

Deuteronomy 23:22

If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin.

Deuteronomy 23:23

But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe: and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:24

Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee.

Judges 21:22

And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them: for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.