Proverbs 19:2

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

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It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

BSB

Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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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Matthew Henry · Verse 2

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

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.