Proverbs 20:25 (BSB)

It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

From Proverbs 20. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 20:25

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 20:25: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 20:25: 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 use is sacrilege, and this is a sin and a snare, and brings ruin on him; see Mal 3:8; and after vows to make inquiry: that is a...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 20:25: devoureth . . . holy--or, better, "who rashly speaks promises," or "devotes what is holy," consecrating any thing. This suits better the last clause, which expresses a similar view of the results of rashly vowing.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 20:25: [It is] a snare to the man [who] 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 he may be exempted from the fault.