Proverbs 19 · Verse 2

Proverbs 19:2

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs 19:2, King James Version

Proverbs 19:2 in other translations

BSBEven zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
WEBIt isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.
ASVAlso, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
YLTAlso, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
DARBYAlso that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.
BBEFurther, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
WebsterAlso, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

What does Proverbs 19:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. The last illustrates the first clause. Rashness, the result of ignorance, brings trouble.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good - Would it not be plainer, as it is more literal, to say, "Also, to be without knowledge, is not good for the soul?" The soul was made for God; and to be without his knowledge, to be unacquainted with him, is not only not good, but the greatest evil the soul can suffer, for it involves all other evils. The Chaldee and Syriac have: "He who knows not his own soul, it is not good to him." "Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well." - Coverdale. And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth - And this will be the case with him who is not Divinely instructed. A child does nothing cautiously, because it is uninstructed; a savage is also rash and precipitate, till experience instructs him. A man who has not the knowledge of God is incautious, rash, headstrong, and precipitate: and hence he sinneth - he is continually missing the mark, and wounding his own soul.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
What good can the soul do, if without knowledge? And he sins who will not take time to ponder the path of his feet.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 19:2 in the original Hebrew

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גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571
בְּלֹא\־be.lo'-with notH3808
דַ֣עַתDa.'atknowledgeH1847
נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesha personH5315
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
ט֑וֹבTov[is] goodH2896
וְאָ֖ץve.'Atzand [one who] hastensH213
בְּרַגְלַ֣יִםbe.rag.La.yimwith feetH7272
חוֹטֵֽא\׃cho.Te'[is] missingH2398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 19:2

  • Proverbs 21:5

    The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

  • Proverbs 29:20

    Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

  • Philippians 1:9

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

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9

    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  • Isaiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  • John 16:3

    And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • Romans 10:2

    For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

  • Proverbs 14:29

    He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

  • Proverbs 1:16

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

  • Proverbs 28:22

    He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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10:21; Ec 12:9; Isa 27:11; Ho 4:6; Joh 16:3; Ro 10:2; Php 1:9
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1:16; 14:29; 21:5; 25:8; 28:22; Job 31:5; Ec 7:9; Isa 28:16

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Context

  • Proverbs 19:1

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Proverbs 19:2

    Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

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Proverbs 19:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El alma sin ciencia no es buena; y el presuroso de pies peca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		De même, le manque de connaissance dans une âme n’est pas une bonne chose, et celui qui se hâte de ses pieds bronche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch Unkenntnis der Seele ist nicht gut; und wer mit den Füßen hastig ist, tritt fehl.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ubi non est scientia animæ, non est bonum, et qui festinus est pedibus offendet.