Proverbs 19:2
It's not good to be someone who doesn't think. If you rush, things go wrong.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
In Context
1Better to be poor but honest than stupid and tell lies.
3People mess up their lives by their own stupidity, and then get angry with the Lord.
Cross References
Job 31:5Have I lived a deceitful life? Have I been eager to tell lies?
Proverbs 10:21Advice from good people helps feed many others, but stupid people die because they have no sense.
Proverbs 21:5Those who plan ahead and work hard will have plenty, while those who act rashly end up poor.
Proverbs 28:20If you're trustworthy, you'll be richly rewarded; but if you try to get rich quick, you won't go unpunished.
Proverbs 29:20Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Ecclesiastes 12:9Not only was the Teacher a wise man, he also taught what he knew to others. He thought about many proverbs, studying them and arranging them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:2
The Disadvantages of Poverty. 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Here see, 1. What will be the credit and comfort of a poor man, and make him more excellent than his neighbour, though his poverty may expose him to contempt and may dispirit him. Let him be honest and walk in integrity, let him keep a good conscience and make it appear that he does so, let him always speak and act with sincerity when he is under the greatest temptations to… Read the whole commentary →