Proverbs 20:25

New King James Version

It is a snare for a man to devote rashly something as holy, And afterward to reconsider his vows.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:13

He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

Leviticus 5:15

“If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the Lord, then he shall bring to the Lord as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering.

Matthew 5:33

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

Deuteronomy 23:22

But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.

Deuteronomy 23:23

That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

Deuteronomy 23:24

“When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container.

Judges 21:22

Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.’ ”