Proverbs 20:25

New International Version

It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Leviticus 5:15

“When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.

Matthew 5:33

“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.

Deuteronomy 23:23

Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:24

If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.

Judges 21:22

When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give your daughters to them.’ ”