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 ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Leviticus 5:15
"If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
Leviticus 22:10
"A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired servant shall eat of a holy thing,
Leviticus 27:30
"Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the LORD's; it is holy to the LORD.
Malachi 3:8
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.
After
Leviticus 27:9
"If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the LORD, all of it that he gives to the LORD is holy.
Numbers 30:2
If a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
Matthew 5:33
"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
General references
Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.