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Proverbs 20:25 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.Proverbs 20:25 · King James Version
Proverbs 20:25 in context
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- devourethyâlaʻto blurt or utter inconsideratelyH3216 →
- snaremôwqêsha nooseH4170 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- holyqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- vowsnedera promiseH5088 →
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Two things, by which God is greatly affronted, men are here said to be ensnared by, and entangled not only in guilt, but in trouble and ruin at length: - 1. Sacrilege, men's alienating holy things and converting them to their own use, which is here called devouring them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary