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
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.
Leviticus 5:15
"When a person {displays infidelity} and he sins in an unintentional wrong {in any of} Yahweh's holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock as a guilt offering by your valuation [in] silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel.
Leviticus 22:10
" '{No stranger shall eat} [the] votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with a priest or a hired worker eat [the] votive offering.
Leviticus 27:30
" 'And any tithe of the land from the land's seed [or] from the fruit of the trees [is] for Yahweh; it [is] a holy object for Yahweh.
Malachi 3:8
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!
After
Leviticus 27:9
" 'And if [it is] a domestic animal from which they present an offering for Yahweh, all that he gives from it for Yahweh shall be a holy object.
Numbers 30:2
if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure} in fools. Fulfill what you vow!
Matthew 5:33
"Again you have heard that it was said to the {people of old}, 'Do not swear falsely, but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'
General references
Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better that you not vow than that you vow and not fulfill it.