Proverbs 19:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Desire without knowledge is not good; and whoever acts hastily, blunders.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:39

Someone went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, from which he picked a sackful of poisonous wild gourds. On his return he cut them up into the pot of vegetable stew without anybody’s knowing it.

Job 31:5

If I have walked in falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit,

Proverbs 1:16

[For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood.]

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the just nourish many, but fools die for want of sense.

Proverbs 14:29

Long-suffering results in great wisdom; a short temper raises folly high.

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent end in profit, but those of the hasty end in loss.

Proverbs 25:8

What your eyes have seen do not bring forth too quickly against an opponent; For what will you do later on when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 28:20

The trustworthy will be richly blessed; but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

Misers hurry toward wealth, not knowing that want is coming toward them.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see someone hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool!

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Besides being wise, Qoheleth taught the people knowledge, and weighed, scrutinized and arranged many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let anger upset your spirit, for anger lodges in the bosom of a fool.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs wither, they shall be broken off; and women shall come to kindle fires with them. For this is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them; their creator shall not be gracious to them.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: See, I am laying a stone in Zion, a stone that has been tested, A precious cornerstone as a sure foundation; whoever puts faith in it will not waver.

Hosea 4:6

My people are ruined for lack of knowledge! Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest; Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

John 16:3

They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.

Romans 10:2

I testify with regard to them that they have zeal for God, but it is not discerning.

Philippians 1:9

And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception,