Proverbs 20:25
It is a destruction for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified, and after the vowes to inquire.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
26A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:15If any person transgresse and sinne through ignorance by taking away things consecrated vnto the Lord, hee shall then bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lord a ramme without blemish out of the flocke, worth two shekels of siluer by thy estimation after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, for a trespasse offring.
Leviticus 27:9And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering vnto the Lord, all that one giueth of such vnto the Lord, shalbe holy.
Numbers 30:2Moses also spake vnto the heads of ye tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded,
Deuteronomy 23:23That which is gone out of thy lippes, thou shalt keepe and performe, as thou hast vowed it willingly vnto the Lord thy God: for thou hast spoken it with thy mouth.
Judges 21:22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.
Ecclesiastes 5:2For as a dreame commeth by the multitude of businesse: so the voyce of a foole is in the multitude of wordes.
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 →