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Proverbs 19:2
2Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, And he sins who hastens with his feet.
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!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.
Context of Proverbs 19:2
1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, And he sins who hastens with his feet. 3The foolishness of a man twists his way, And his heart frets against the Lord. 4Wealth makes many friends, But the poor is separated from 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 wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs.
- Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And 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 also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
- John 16:3And these things they will do to you 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 this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
- Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
- Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to wrath has great understanding, But he who is impulsive exalts folly.
- Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
- Proverbs 25:8Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?
- Proverbs 28:22A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
- Job 31:5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.
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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