Proverbs 19:2

Modern English Version

It is not good for the soul to be without knowledge, and he misses the way who is hasty with his feet.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:39

One went out into the field to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and gathered from it wild gourds, filling his clothes, and came and split them into the pot of stew, but they did not recognize them.

Job 31:5

“If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried after deceit,

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty in temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to profit, but of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

Proverbs 25:8

do not hastily bring into court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 29:20

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

Ecclesiastes 12:9

In addition to being wise, the Teacher still taught the people knowledge, by weighing, studying, and arranging many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they are broken off; the women come and make a fire with them, for they are not a people of understanding; therefore, their maker will not have mercy on them, and their Creator will show them no grace.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, firmly placed; he who believes shall not act hastily.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from being My priest. And because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

John 16:3

They will do these things to you, because they have not known the Father nor Me.

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all discernment,