Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
General references
Bible References
A snare
Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.
and his lips are a trap for his life.
Leviticus 5:15
“If someone offends by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, he must bring his restitution offering to the Lord: an unblemished ram from the flock (based on your assessment of its value in silver shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel) as a restitution offering.
Leviticus 22:10
“No one outside a priest’s family is to eat the holy offering. A foreigner staying with a priest or a hired hand is not to eat the holy offering.
Leviticus 27:30
“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
You ask: “How do we rob You?”
“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.
After
Leviticus 27:9
“If the vow involves one of the animals that may be brought as an offering to the Lord, any of these he gives to the Lord will be holy.
Numbers 30:2
When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because He does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.
Matthew 5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.
General references
Ecclesiastes 5:5
Better that you do not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.