Proverbs 20:25
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.”Proverbs 20:25
What Does Proverbs 20:25 Mean?
Proverbs 20:25 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 20, verse 25 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 20:25 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 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.”Ecclesiastes 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.”Ecclesiastes 5:5“Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.”Matthew 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:”Deuteronomy 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.”Proverbs 18:13“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”Leviticus 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.”Numbers 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.”Leviticus 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 by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:”Leviticus 22:10“There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.”Joshua 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.”Proverbs 18:7“A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.”Malachi 3:8“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.”Leviticus 27:30“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.”Judges 21:22“And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.”2 Chronicles 28:21“For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.”Matthew 15:5“But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;”Acts 5:3“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?”
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