Judges 11:30-40 explains this. Jephthah promised to kill and to give to God, whatever greeted him first. He expected an animal to greet him. However, his daughter greeted him.
We should be careful about gifts and promises. It is better not to carry out a promise, than to do something evil. But you should not make a promise that you cannot carry out. See also Matthew 5:33-37.
Verse Proverbs 20:25. WHO _DEVOURETH_ THAT WHICH IS _HOLY_] It is a sin to take that which belongs to _God_, his _worship_, or his _work_, and devote it to one's own use. _AND AFTER VOWS TO MAKE INQ...
Better, It is a snare to a man to utter a vow (of consecration) rashly, and after vows to inquire whether he can fulfill them. Both clauses are a protest against the besetting sin of rash and hasty vo...
CHAPTER 20 PROVERBS AS TO PERSONAL CONDUCT Proverbs of warning and instructions as to personal conduct are found mostly in this chapter; a number of them are of special interest if applied to Solomon....
PROVERBS 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thought. P...
DEVOURETH. rashly promises. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
who _devoureth_that which is _holy_ This rendering is retained in R.V. marg., as is also another, _rashly to utter holy_words. But it is better to render, RASHLY TO SAY, _It is_ HOLY (R.V. text), i.e....
IT IS A SNARE TO THE MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY— _It is a snare to a man, if he swallow down a vow, or an oath._ Or, as Houbigant renders it, _The man is ensnared who rashly vows a holy thin...
TEXT Proverbs 20:21-30 21. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. 22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he wil...
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry. (IT IS) A SNARE (ENTAILING GUILT AND PENALTIES ON BOTH BODY AND SOUL) TO THE MAN (WHO) DEVOURETH (THAT WHI...
20:25 hallowed, (i-13) Or 'to appropriate to himself a holy thing.'...
RV 'It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy,' etc. Reflect before vowing (Sir 15:1.; Matthew 15:8). There is a Greek story of one who found a gold mine, and thereupon vowed a gold ram to Juno...
1. RAGING] RV 'a brawler.' IS deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about....
IT IS A SNARE TO A MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY. — Rather, _It is a snare for a man_ (_i.e.,_ gets him into trouble) _rashly to say,_ “_It is dedicated”_ (i.e., when he thoughtlessly dedicates...
מֹוקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְ אַחַ֖ר נְדָ
CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimpse of t...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is...
“THE GLORY OF YOUNG MEN” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature ever bent...
Verse Proverbs 20:9. This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14. "It is bad, it is bad," is the descrip...
[It is] a snare to the man [who] (g) devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry. (g) That is, to apply or take for his own use, that which was appointed to God's and then ask how...
_Ones. Hebrew, "the saint or holy thing." (Haydock) --- Chaldean, "to make a vow for the sanctuary, and afterwards repent;" having acted inconsiderately at first. To attack the persons or relics of th...
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the L...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
[IT IS] A SNARE TO THE MAN [WHO] DEVOURETH [THAT WHICH IS] HOLY,.... Which is separated to sacred uses, is devoted to the Lord, as firstfruits, tithes, offerings, c. which if a man converts to his own...
Proverbs 20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry. Ver. 25. _It is a snare to a man who devoureth, &c._] He doeth as a fish that swallows...
_It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy_ He is insnared in a crime, who takes away, and applies to his own use, any thing consecrated to God, and intended to be used in support of h...
V. 25. IT IS A SNARE TO THE MAN WHO DEVOURETH THAT WHICH IS HOLY, if he is over-hasty in making a vow to the Lord and in devoting some of his substance to the Temple-service, AND AFTER VOWS TO MAKE EN...
IT IS A SNARE; it brings guilt and God's curse and vengeance upon him. THAT WHICH IS HOLY, i.e. those meats or drinks which were devoted or consecrated to God; under which one kind he comprehends and...
Proverbs 20:25 snare H4170 man H120 rashly H3216 (H8804) holy H6944 afterward H310 reconsider H1239 (H8763) vows
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions regarding the ways of folly. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Here in this imperfect state, no person can claim to be sinless, but the just man, walking by the rule o...
Proverbs 20:1. _Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging._ In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1. Cyrus, after notic...
_It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy._ SELFISHNESS IN RELIGION There were under the Levitical dispensation certain things prescribed by the law as consecrated to God; such as ti...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 20:22 These four proverbs teach that God, not people (v. Proverbs 20:22), is the judge and avenger. He detests all unfair bias in human judgment, as represented by
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 20:25. The first clause of this verse should be, “_It is a snare to a man to cry out hastily ‘holy,’ i.e._, to vow without thought and consideration.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF P...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 20:1 WINE IS A MOCKER; or, scorner, the word (_luts_) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its influence. Thus...
Into chapter 20. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise (Proverbs 20:1). He will have more to say about wine as we move along in our study next week,...
Ecclesiastes 5:4; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 27:10; Leviticus 27:30;...
A snare — It brings guilt upon him. After — After a man has made vows to enquire for ways to break them....