THEOSISProverbs 20:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
מוֹקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאַחַ֖ר נְדָרִ֣ים לְבַקֵּֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 5:4And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised.
- Eccl 5:6Where there are many dreams, there are many vanities, and words without number: but do thou fear God.
- Matt 5:33Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.
- Num 30:2And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded:
- Num 30:16But if he gainsay it after that he knew it, he shall bear her iniquity.
- Lev 5:15If any one shall sin through mistake, transgressing the ceremonies in those things that are sacrificed to the Lord, he shall offer for his offence a ram without blemish out of the flocks, that may be bought for two sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary.
- Mal 3:8Shall a man afflict God, for you afflict me. And you have said: Wherein do we afflict thee? in tithes and in firstfruits.
- Mal 3:10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.