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Proverbs 19:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way. "

Proverbs 19:2

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1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

2 It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty with one’s feet and miss the way.

3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.

4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

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Two things are here shown to have bad results: ignorance and rashness.

First, to be without knowledge is not good. Some take this to mean, “A soul without knowledge is not good.” Do we know ourselves, our own hearts? It is a great gift that we have souls, but if our souls have no knowledge, what good are we? If a person has no understanding, he is like the beasts (Psalm 49:20). An ignorant soul cannot be a good soul. It is not safe, and it is not pleasant, for the soul to be without knowledge. What good can a soul do, or what is it fit for, if it has no knowledge?

Second, rashness is also harmful. Whoever hurries with his feet, meaning he acts without thinking and does not pause to consider his steps, sins. He cannot help but often miss the mark and take many wrong steps. Those are avoided by people who think carefully about their ways. It is as bad not to consider as it is not to know.

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"Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil."

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Hosea 14:9

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"Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them."

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Proverbs 19:1

"Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool."

Proverbs 19:3

"The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD."

Proverbs 19:4

"Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend."

Proverbs 19:5

"A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free."

Proverbs 19:6

"Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts."

Proverbs 19:7

"All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone."

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