Proverbs 19:2

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Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good, and one who hurries makes wrong choices.

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  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
  • Prov 29:20 : 20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 In addition to being wise, the Teacher continually taught the people knowledge; he carefully considered, explored, and arranged many proverbs.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and light them on fire. For this is a people without understanding; therefore, their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not show them favor.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. The one who believes will not panic.'
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My 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 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on true knowledge.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And this is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
  • Job 31:5 : 5 If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit,
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Whoever is patient shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered person promotes folly.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:1
    82%

    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 19:3
    80%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Eccl 5:1
    76%

    1Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 10:9
    75%

    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29Whoever is patient shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered person promotes folly.

  • Jas 4:17
    73%

    17So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    72%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in revealing his own thoughts.

  • Prov 5:23
    72%

    23He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Prov 10:19
    72%

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15The simple believe everything, but the prudent carefully consider their steps.

    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23A prudent person conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

  • Eccl 10:15
    72%

    15The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 6:18
    72%

    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Prov 29:20
    72%

    20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5"Those who are at ease hold contempt for misfortune, as if it were prepared for the feet of those slipping."

  • Prov 15:19
    71%

    19The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • Jer 4:22
    71%

    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8The one who acquires wisdom loves life, and the one who cherishes understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 26:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Whoever sends a message by the hands of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

    7Like the legs of a lame person that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 13:20
    71%

    20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 17:27
    71%

    27The one who holds back his words has knowledge, and the one who is calm in spirit is a person of understanding.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

  • Prov 10:17
    71%

    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

  • Eccl 1:18
    71%

    18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

  • Prov 9:6
    70%

    6Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 28:20
    70%

    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 4:26
    70%

    26Consider the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established.