Proverbs 19:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
  • Prov 29:20 : 20 You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 Concluding Epilogue: Qoheleth’s Advice is Wise Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD, says:“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
  • Job 31:5 : 5 If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 19:1
    82%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 19:3
    80%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Eccl 5:1
    76%

    1Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

    16for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 10:9
    75%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Jas 4:17
    73%

    17So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

    8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    72%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 5:23
    72%

    23He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

  • Prov 10:19
    72%

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.

  • Eccl 10:15
    72%

    15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

  • Prov 6:18
    72%

    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 29:20
    72%

    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 17:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • Prov 15:19
    71%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Jer 4:22
    71%

    22The LORD answered,“This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

    27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 26:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

    7Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

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

  • Prov 13:20
    71%

    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 17:27
    71%

    27The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 10:17
    71%

    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Eccl 1:18
    71%

    18For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Prov 9:6
    70%

    6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

  • Prov 28:20
    70%

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 4:26
    70%

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.