Proverbs 19:2
גַּם בְּלֹא ־ דַעַת נֶפֶשׁ לֹא ־ טוֹב וְאָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵֽא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
1טֽוֹב ־ רָשׁ הוֹלֵךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ מֵעִקֵּשׁ שְׂפָתָיו וְהוּא כְסִֽיל ׃
3אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ וְעַל ־ יְהוָה יִזְעַף לִבּֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Job 31:5אִם ־ הָלַכְתִּי עִם ־ שָׁוְא וַתַּחַשׁ עַל ־ מִרְמָה רַגְלִֽי ׃
Proverbs 10:21שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יִרְעוּ רַבִּים וֶֽאֱוִילִים בַּחֲסַר ־ לֵב יָמֽוּתוּ ׃
Proverbs 21:5מַחְשְׁבוֹת חָרוּץ אַךְ ־ לְמוֹתָר וְכָל ־ אָץ אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
Proverbs 28:20אִישׁ אֱמוּנוֹת רַב ־ בְּרָכוֹת וְאָץ לְהַעֲשִׁיר לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃
Proverbs 29:20חָזִיתָ אִישׁ אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
Ecclesiastes 12:9וְיֹתֵר שֶׁהָיָה קֹהֶלֶת חָכָם עוֹד לִמַּד ־ דַּעַת אֶת ־ הָעָם וְאִזֵּן וְחִקֵּר תִּקֵּן מְשָׁלִים הַרְבֵּֽה ׃
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 →