Proverbs 19:2

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
soul	נֶ֣פֶשׁ Ne.fesh	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
knowledge	דַ֣עַת Da.'at	H1847	knowledge · noun, common feminine singular absolute
good	ט֑וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
hasteth	וְאָ֖ץ ve.'Atz	H213	to press · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
feet	בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם be.rag.La.yim	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual absolute
sinneth	חוֹטֵֽא cho.Te'	H2398	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Philippians 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation…
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest t…
John 16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:2

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, Psa 49:20. An ignorant soul cannot be a good soul. That the soul be without knowledge is not safe, nor pleasant; what good can the soul do, of what is it good for, if it be without knowledge? 2. Rashness. He that hastes with his feet (that does things inconsiderately and with precipitation, and will not take time to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:2

The last illustrates the first clause. Rashness, the result of ignorance, brings trouble.

John Gill on Proverbs 19:2

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good,.... Without knowledge of things natural and civil, especially without the knowledge of God and Christ, and divine and spiritual things; to be without this is not good, yea, very bad; for men without such knowledge and understanding are, like the beasts that perish, and for lack of it do. Jarchi interprets it, without the law. Or, "to be without the knowledge of the soul is not good" (e); so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, "he that knoweth not his soul, it is not good for him;'' that does not know he has a soul, or however takes no more care of it than if he had none; who knows not the worth and value of it, its state…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:2

2 The not-knowing of the soul is also not good, And he who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray. Fleischer renders נפשׁ as the subj. and לא־טוב as neut. pred.: in and of itself sensual desire is not good, but yet more so if it is without foresight and reflection. With this explanation the words must be otherwise accentuated. Hitzig, in conformity with the accentuation, before us: if desire is without reflection, it is also without success. But where נפשׁ denotes desire or sensuality, it is always shown by the connection, as e.g., Pro 23:2; here דּעת, referring to the soul as knowing (cf. Psa 139:14), excludes this meaning. But נפשׁ is certainly gen. subjecti; Luzzatto's "self-knowle…

The Church Fathers

Where there is no knowledge of the soul, it is not good, etc. The knowledge of heavenly life is indeed necessary for the human soul, because without it, it surely cannot be blessed forever. But yet, those who desire to know more than what is proper with unrestrained senses of the mind, often fall into the offense of heretical foolishness through their rash pursuits, which was mystically signified in the first parents of the human race, who, in their desire for greater knowledge, hastened to touch the forbidden, deviating from the state of blessedness in which they were created, and fell into the punishment of misery and mortality.
— Bede, Commentary on Proverbs

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Dictionary and topics

Blindness · 21:14;22:13,14; — 21:14;22:13,14;
Ignorance · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Prudence · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Rashness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 19:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:2

John Gill on Proverbs 19:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 19:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:2

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 19:2

John Gill on Proverbs 19:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 19:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 19:2

Rashi on Proverbs 19:2