Proverbs 19:2

Also, it is not good to have desire without knowledge 1 and the one who runs too fast misses the path. 1

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

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1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity 1 than one who is perverse in speech and is a fool. 1

3A person's folly ruins his life 1 and his heart rages against Yahweh. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:5If I have walked with falsehood, 1 if my foot has hurried to deceit, 1

Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous person nourish many, 1 but fools die because of their lack of sense. 1

Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent lead only to prosperity, 1 but everyone who acts too quickly comes only to poverty. 1

Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will have great blessings, 1 but the one who gets rich quickly will not go unpunished. 1

Proverbs 29:20See a man who is hasty in his words? 1 There is more hope for a fool than for him. 1

Ecclesiastes 12:9The Teacher was wise and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs.

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 →

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