Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication,then later to consider his vows.
New Heart English 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
24A man's steps are from the Lord;how then can man understand his way?
26A wise king winnows out the wicked,and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Cross References
Leviticus 5:15"If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
Leviticus 27:9"'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to the Lord, all that any man gives of such to the Lord becomes holy.
Numbers 30:2When a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Deuteronomy 23:23That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to the Lord your God, a freewill offering, which you have promised with your mouth.
Judges 21:22It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take wives for each man in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'"
Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
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 →