Proverbs 19:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
  • Prov 29:20 : 20 Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
  • Job 31:5 : 5 If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

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    21Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

  • Prov 10:9
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    17The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

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