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Proverbs 19:2

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

KJV

Ubi non est scientia animæ, non est bonum, et qui festinus est pedibus offendet.

Vulgate

μάρτυς ψευδὴς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ ἐγκαλῶν ἀδίκως οὐ διαφεύξεται.

LXX

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

ASV

גַּ֤ם בְּ/לֹא דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא ט֑וֹב וְ/אָ֖ץ בְּ/רַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֥ץ
'ts
verb · 10×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
ו
v
noun · 247×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 752×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 16:4 — Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
  • Eccl 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  • Eccl 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.
  • Hos 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
  • Hos 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
  • Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
  • Isa 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.
  • Job 31:5 — If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
  • John 16:3 — And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
  • Prov 1:16 — For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
  • Prov 10:21 — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  • Prov 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  • Prov 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
  • Prov 25:8 — Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
  • Prov 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • Prov 28:22 — He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
  • Prov 29:20 — Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Rom 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
  • Rom 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.