English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:2
2Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
Proverbs 19:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
- New International Version (NIV)Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, And he sins who hastens with his feet.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.
Context of Proverbs 19:2
1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. 3When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord. 4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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גַּ֤ם בְּלֹא־דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:2
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
- Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
- John 16:3And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- Philippians 1:9And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
- Proverbs 1:16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
- Proverbs 14:29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
- Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
- Proverbs 25:8do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
- Job 31:5"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
- Isaiah 28:16therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.'
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good - Would it not be plainer, as it is more literal, to say, "Also, to be without knowledge, is not good for the soul?" The soul was made for God; and to be without his knowledge, to be unacquainted with him, is not only not good, but the greatest evil the soul can suffer, for it involves all other evils. The Chaldee and Syriac have: "He who knows not his own soul, it is not good to him." "Where no…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2Verse 2 What good can the soul do, if without knowledge? And he sins who will not take time to ponder the path of his feet.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2It is dangerous to act without understanding.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The last illustrates the first clause. Rashness, the result of ignorance, brings trouble.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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