Proverbs 20:25

²³ Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

²⁴ A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

²⁶ A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

²⁷ The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

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ÅB: Det er farlig for et menneske at han i tankeløshet vier noe til Gud og først etterpå overveier løftene sine.
OTB: Det er risikabelt å dedikere noe impulsivt og først senere reflektere over sine løfter.
B1930: Det er farlig for et menneske at han i tankeløshet vier noget til Gud og først bakefter overveier sine løfter.

BSB: It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.
KJV: It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
WEB: It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
ASV: It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
DARBY: It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowed, and after vows to make inquiry.
BLB: [It is] a snare for a man to rashly declare “It is holy” and afterward to reconsider [his] vows.

Ecclesiastes 5:4–6
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
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Matthew 5:33
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
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Numbers 30:2–16
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
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Leviticus 27:9–10
If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.
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Malachi 3:8–10
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
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Proverbs 18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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Leviticus 5:15
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
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Leviticus 22:10–15
No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
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