Proverbs 19:2
Being enthusiastic but not thinking carefully about what we are about to do is not good; doing things hastily can cause us a lot of trouble [IDM].
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Job 31:5“I solemnly declare that I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people.
Proverbs 10:21What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people, but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do.
Proverbs 21:5People who plan carefully will surely have plenty of what they need; those who act too quickly to become rich will become poor.
Proverbs 28:20God will greatly bless those who ◄are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do►, but he will certainly punish [LIT] those who try to become rich quickly.
Proverbs 29:20God can help/bless foolish people more easily [RHQ] than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first.
Ecclesiastes 12:9I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied 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 →