Proverbs 20:25
It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
In Context
24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
26A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:15If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.
Leviticus 27:9And if it is a beast of which men make offerings to the Lord, whatever any man gives of such to the Lord will be holy.
Numbers 30:2\30:1\And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 23:23Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
Judges 21:22And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
Ecclesiastes 5:2\5:3\As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:25
24 Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand his own way? We are here taught that in all our affairs, 1. We have a necessary and constant dependence upon God. All our natural actions depend upon his providence, all our spiritual actions upon his grace. The best man is no better than God makes him; and every creature is that to us which it is the will of God that it should be. Our enterprises succeed, not as we desire and design, but as God directs and disposes. The goings even of a strong man… Read the whole commentary →