Proverbs 19:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:5 : 5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes 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 Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 Further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
  • Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, That you may be no priest to me. Because you have your God's law, I will also forget your children.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things{TR adds "to you"} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • Phil 1:9 : 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
  • Prov 25:8 : 8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; But one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
  • Job 31:5 : 5 "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:1
    82%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 19:3
    80%

    3The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Eccl 5:1
    76%

    1Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

  • Prov 1:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

    16For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • Prov 15:21
    75%

    21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, But a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 10:9
    75%

    9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 14:29
    73%

    29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who has a quick temper displays folly.

  • Jas 4:17
    73%

    17To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, Than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Stay away from a foolish man, For you won't find knowledge on his lips.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 13:16
    72%

    16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, But a fool exposes folly.

  • Prov 18:2
    72%

    2A fool has no delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 5:23
    72%

    23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Prov 10:19
    72%

    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15A simple man believes everything, But the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

    16A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

    17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.

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

  • Prov 12:23
    72%

    23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, But the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

  • Eccl 10:15
    72%

    15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 6:18
    72%

    18A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • 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%

    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

    21He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune, It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • Prov 15:19
    71%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, But the path of the upright is a highway.

  • Jer 4:22
    71%

    22For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Prov 5:6
    71%

    6She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 19:27
    71%

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

  • Prov 19:8
    71%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 26:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

    7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Prov 15:14
    71%

    14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouths of fools feed on folly.

  • Prov 13:20
    71%

    20One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 17:27
    71%

    27He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 10:17
    71%

    17He is in the way of life who heeds correction, But he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Eccl 1:18
    71%

    18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Prov 25:8
    70%

    8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Prov 9:6
    70%

    6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 28:20
    70%

    20A faithful man is rich with blessings; But one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 4:26
    70%

    26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.