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Proverbs 20:25

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

KJV

Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.

Vulgate

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

ASV

מוֹקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְ/אַחַ֖ר נְדָרִ֣ים לְ/בַקֵּֽר

Hebrew

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בַקֵּֽר
bqr
verb · 7×
ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 59×
יָ֣לַע
yl'
verb · 1×
מוֹקֵֽשׁ
mvqsh
noun · 27×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 23:23 — That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
  • Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  • Eccl 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
  • Eccl 5:5 — Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
  • Josh 9:20 — This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
  • Lev 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation
  • Lev 27:9 — And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
  • Mal 3:8 — Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
  • Matt 5:33 — Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
  • Num 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
  • Num 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
  • Prov 18:13 — He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.