Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 2 Holy Bible
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
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Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.
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Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
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Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good. "Also" (gam), Wordsworth would render "even," "even the soul, i.e. life itself, without knowledge is not a blessing;" it is βίπς οὐ βιωτός. At first sight it looks as if some verse, to which this one was appended, had fallen out; but there is no trace in the versions of any such loss. We have had a verse beginning in the same manner (Proverbs 17:26), and here it seems to emphasize what follows - folly is bad, so is ignorance, when the soul lacks knowledge, i.e. when a man does not know what to do, how to act in the circumstances of his life, has in fact no practical wisdom. Other things "not good" are named in Proverbs 18:5; Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 24:23. And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth; misseth his way. Delitzsch confines the meaning of this hemistich to the undisciplined pursuit of knowledge: "He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray," because he is neither intellectually nor morally clear as to his path or object. But the gnome is better taken in a more general sense. The ignorant man, who acts hastily without due deliberation, is sure to make grave mistakes, and to come to misfortune. Haste is opposed to knowledge, because the latter involves prudence and circumspection, while the former blunders on hurriedly, not seeing whither actions lead. We all have occasion to note the proverbs, Festina lente; "More haste, less speed." The history of Fabius, who, as Ennius said, "Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem," shows the value of deliberation and caution. The Greeks recognized this - Προπέτεια πολλοῖς ἐστὶν αἰτία κακῶν. . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good.--Ignorance is bad, as well as folly.He that hasteth with his feet sinneth.--Haste without knowledge misses the mark aimed at. (See above on Proverbs 8:36.)