Proverbs 20:25

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.

“ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.”

then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”

However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ”

You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,

“ ‘Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good—whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him—when he knows of it, then he will be guilty of one of these.

“If anyone sins, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, though he didn’t know it, he is still guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

He shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest.

“ ‘This is the law of the trespass offering: It is most holy.

Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh, with its meal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering.

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.

I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

and don’t give place to the devil.

For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

“If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly regarding Yahweh’s holy things, then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.

“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

You shall observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to Yahweh your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do.

The children of Israel didn’t strike them, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the congregation murmured against the princes.

We will do this to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them.”

It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’ ”

Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

For Ahaz took away a portion out of Yahweh’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.

Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even may he be shaken out and emptied like this.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.

The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge, and understanding—

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’

The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God,

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him.”

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.