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Proverbs 19:2
2Zeal without knowledge is not good, or to act hastily and miss the 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!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his 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.
Context of Proverbs 19:2
1Better to be poor, walking with integrity, than be a fool whose lips are corrupt. Zeal without knowledge is not good, or to act hastily and miss the way. 3A man’s folly undermines his way, and his heart rages against Adonai. 4Wealth adds many friends, yet a poor man is deserted by his friend.
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גַּ֤ם בְּלֹא־דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:2
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9Furthermore, Kohelet was not only wise but he also taught the people knowledge. He pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have never known the Father or Me.
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but not based on knowledge.
- Philippians 1:9Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment,
- Proverbs 1:16for their feet run to evil and they are swift to shed blood.
- Proverbs 14:29One who is slow to anger shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one exalts folly.
- Proverbs 21:5Plans of the diligent surely lead to gain, but all who are hasty come only to loss.
- Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court, or what will you do afterward, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
- Proverbs 28:22A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him.
- Job 31:5“If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit,
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.
- Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone, a firm foundation— whoever trusts will not flee 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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