Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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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.
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