Verse 2

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

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.