Proverbs 19:3
People mess up their lives by their own stupidity, and then get angry with the Lord.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
In Context
2It's not good to be someone who doesn't think. If you rush, things go wrong.
4If you're rich, you get a lot of friends, but if you're poor, you lose any friends you had.
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but he wasn't pleased with Cain and his offering, which made Cain very angry and he frowned in annoyance.
Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites came and told Moses, “Can't you see we're all going to die? We'll be destroyed! We're all going to be killed!
1 Samuel 15:23Rebellion is as bad as witchcraft, and arrogance is as bad as the sin of idolatry. Because you have rejected the Lord's commands, he has rejected you as king.”
1 Kings 20:42He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: You have let go a man I had decided should die. Therefore you will pay for his life with your life, your people for his people.”
2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger arrived. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
Job 15:13Why do your eyes flash in anger that you turn against God and let yourself speak this way?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:3
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. Two things are here declared to be of bad consequence:—1. Ignorance: To be without the knowledge of the soul is not good, so some read it. Know we not our own selves, our own hearts? A soul without knowledge is not good; it is a great privilege that we have souls, but, if these souls have not knowledge, what the better are we? If man has not understanding, he is as the beasts, Ps. xlix. 20 . An ignorant soul… Read the whole commentary →