Proverbs 20:25
Falling of man is to make auow to seyntis, and aftirward to withdrawe the vowis.
Bible (Wycliffe)
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
24The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie?
26A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:15and seide, If a soule brekith cerymonyes bi errour, and synneth in these thingis that ben halewid to the Lord, it schal offre for his trespas a ram without wem of the flockis, that may be bouyt for twey siclis, bi the weiyte of the seyntuarie.
Leviticus 27:9Forsothe if ony man avowith a beeste, that may be offrid to the Lord, it schal be hooli,
Numbers 30:2And he spak to the princes of the lynagis of the sones of Israel, This is the word, which the Lord comaundide, If ony of men makith a vowe to the Lord,
Deuteronomy 23:23Forsothe thou schalt kepe, and `do that that yede out onys of thi lippis, as thou bihiytist to thi Lord God, and hast spoke with thin owne wille and thi mouth.
Judges 21:22And whanne the fadris and britheren of hem schulen come, and bigynne to pleyne and plete ayens you, we schulen seie to hem, Haue ye mercy of hem; for thei rauyschiden not hem bi riyt of fiyteris and ouercomeris, but ye `yauen not to hem preiynge that thei schulden take; and the synne is of youre part.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Dremes suen many bisynessis, and foli schal be foundun in many wordis.