Proverbs 20:25

It is a mokesh adam to devote rashly as kodesh, 1 and after nedarim (vows) to reconsider his consecration. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 steps of a gever are from Hashem; 1 how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, lifeʼs course)? 1

26A melech chacham winnows out the resha'im 1 and bringeth the ofan (threshing wheel) over them. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:15If a nefesh commit a ma'al (trespass), and sin through ignorance (unintentionally), in the holy things of Hashem; then he shall bring for his asham unto Hashem a ram tamim + 5:15 See Gn 22:13 on the vicarious aspect of the substitutionary atonement and compare Isa 53:5,8 out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of kesef, after the Shekel HaKodesh (the Shekel of the Sanctuary), for an asham (trespass or guilt offering).

Leviticus 27:9And if it be a behemah, whereof men bring a korban unto Hashem, all that any man giveth of such unto Hashem shall be kodesh.

Numbers 30:2And Moshe spoke unto the Rashei HaMattot (Heads of the Tribes) concerning the Bnei Yisroel saying, This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded:

Deuteronomy 23:23But if thou shalt abstain from vowing, it shall be no chet in thee.

Judges 21:22And it shall be, when their avot or their achim come unto us for riv (to complain), we + 21:22 the Ziknei HaEdah will say unto them, Give them to us, for we did not receive every ish his isha through the war; for ye have not given them unto them at this time; now would ye be guilty.

Ecclesiastes 5:2As by a multitude of cares cometh a chalom, so by a multitude of devarim cometh the kol kesil (the voice of the fool).

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 →

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