Proverbs 20:25

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:33

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

Leviticus 5:15

“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 18:13

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

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 are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 23:23

You shall be careful to do 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

“If 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 bag.

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.’”