Proverbs 19:2
Good News Translation
Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good; impatience will get you into trouble.

New Revised Standard Version
Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.

Contemporary English Version
Willingness and stupidity don't go well together. If you are too eager, you will miss the road.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

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Proverbs 10:21 The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich: neither shall affliction be joined to them.

Ecclesiastes 12:9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.

Isaiah 27:11 Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.

Hosea 4:6 My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

John 16:3 And these things will they do to you; because they have not known the Father nor me.

Romans 10:2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Philippians 1:9 And this I pray: That your charity may more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding:

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Proverbs 1:16 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

Proverbs 14:29 He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

Proverbs 25:8 The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.

Proverbs 28:22 A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Job 31:5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

Context
The Man of Integrity
1Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips and unwise. 2Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.3The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.…
Cross References
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 29:20
Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.

Proverbs 19:1
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