Proverbs 20:25

New American Bible - revised edition

It is a trap to pledge rashly a sacred gift, and after a vow, then to reflect.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

Whoever answers before listening, theirs is folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips are a deadly snare.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

As dreams come along with many cares, so a fool’s voice along with a multitude of words.

Leviticus 5:15

When a person commits sacrilege by inadvertently misusing any of the Lord’s sacred objects, the wrongdoer shall bring to the Lord as reparation an unblemished ram from the flock, at the established value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, as a reparation offering.

Matthew 5:33

“Again you have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.’

Deuteronomy 23:22

When you make a vow to the Lord, your God, you shall not delay in fulfilling it; for the Lord, your God, will surely require it of you and you will be held guilty.

Deuteronomy 23:23

Should you refrain from making a vow, you will not be held guilty.

Deuteronomy 23:24

But whatever your tongue utters you must be careful to do, just as you freely vowed to the Lord, your God, with your own mouth.

Judges 21:22

When their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we shall say to them, ‘Release them to us as a kindness, since we did not take a woman for every man in battle. Nor did you yourselves give your daughters to them, thus incurring guilt.’”