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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Proverbs 19:2

The soul; which is the principal cause and director of all men's actions. Without knowledge; without wisdom or prudence to discern his way, and what and how he ought to act in his several cases and concernments. It is not good; it is very evil and pernicious. That hasteth with his feet; that rashly and headily rusheth into actions without serious consideration. So two vices are here censured, the want of knowledge, and the neglect or disuse of knowledge in a man's actions.

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See also Proverbs 19:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 19:2. _ALSO_, THAT _THE SOUL_ BE _WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE_, IT IS _NOT_ _GOOD_] Would it not be plainer, as it is more _literal_, to say, "Also, to be without knowledge, is not good for the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 19:1-19 FURTHER PROVERBS ON PERSONAL INSTRUCTION One may be poor, but walking in integrity, he is far ahead of him who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. Then we find proverbs about frett...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PROVERBS 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government of the world which we find in Job. PROVERBS 19:1. FOO...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT GOOD. Illustrations: Syrians (1 Kings 20:28); Jews (Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 5:13); Saul (1 Timothy 1:13.

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    that _the soul_be _without knowledge_ If with R.V. text we retain this rendering, we may well recognise in the rendering of R.V. marg. a true explanation of the proverb: "Desire without knowledge is...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 798 DIVINE KNOWLEDGE MOST DESIRABLE Proverbs 19:2. _That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good_. THERE is nothing so highly prized as knowledge. No pains are deemed too great for t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ALSO, THAT THE SOUL BE, &C.— The Chaldee renders this, _He that knoweth not his soul, it is not good for him; he that hasteth with his feet into evil is a sinner._ Solomon in this verse, says Bishop P...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 19 TEXT Proverbs 19:1-10 1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2. Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. ALSO, (THAT) THE SOUL BE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, (IT IS) NOT GOOD. "The soul" is a choice gift of God...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    19:2 person (g-4) Lit. 'soul.' Others, 'desire.' steps. (h-20) Or 'Sins.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Read, 'Also, desire without knowledge,' etc. Desires must be controlled by knowledge. The hasty in action will miss his mark. 'While the discreet advise, the fool doth his business.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. FOOL] read, 'rich' (Proverbs 28:6)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In these verses, Solomon discusses things that are wrong. Many wrong things happen in this world....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 19 V1 A man may be poor but he still remains honest. He is better than the fool, whose words are false....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Solomon describes a man who is in a hurry. But the man acts without sufficient knowledge. He will cause troubles and problems. All his actions will be wrong actions. All his decisions will be wrong de...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALSO, THAT THE SOUL BE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT GOOD. — Ignorance is bad, as well as folly. HE THAT HASTETH WITH HIS FEET SINNETH. — Haste without knowledge misses the mark aimed at. (See above on Pr...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּ֤ם בְּ לֹא ־דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא ־טֹ֑וב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a valuable expansion and commentary on this proverb in th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 19:7. This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that the third clause is incomplete. Something has been lost...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Soul. Wholesome and spiritual. Hebrew, "the soul or life is not good." --- Stumble. "The more I make haste, the less I advance," said Plato; (Republic 7.) and Augustus often repeated; Sat cito, si sa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinne...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth. Ver. 2. _Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good._] An ignorant man is a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Better is the poor_ Hebrew, רשׁ, _a poor man; that walketh in his integrity_ Who is upright in his words and actions; he has a better character, is in a better condition, is more beloved, lives to be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 2. ALSO, THAT THE SOUL BE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, where the soul lacks knowledge and insight, IT IS NOT GOOD, for that fact keeps it from all energy and progress; AND HE THAT HASTETH WITH HIS FEET, goin...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 19:2 good H2896 soul H5315 knowledge H1847 sins H2398 (H8802) hastens H213 (H8801) feet H7272...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Proverbs 19:2 The evils of ignorance compared with the evils of blindness. I. To be blind is, first, to be destitute of the pleasure of the enjoyment of light, and to be afflicted with the pain of d...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: If we keep God's Word, God's Word will keep us from all things that are really hurtful. Those who despise the ways of His W...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 19:1. _Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,_ in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and whose body is swoln with corpulency. The contrast of me...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Also that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good._ THE ADVANTAGES OF KNOWLEDGE TO THE LOWER CLASSES I. The utility of knowledge in general. The extent to which we have the faculty of acquirin...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    DON'T HURRY He that hasteth with his feet sinneth. Proverbs 19:2. “He that hasteth with his feet sinneth.” That is a strange text, is it not? And perhaps you don't see much sense in it. But if you h...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 19:2 WHOEVER MAKES HASTE WITH HIS FEET likely refers to an impulsive person who acts without thinking or planning. He has a DESIRE to get somewhere but does not have sufficie...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 19:2. SINNETH, literally “goeth astray.” Delitzsch reads the last clause, “_He who hasteneth with the legs after it goeth astray_.” PROVERBS 19:3. PERVERTETH, rather “overt...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 19:1 BETTER IS THE POOR THAT WALKTH IN HIS INTEGRITY. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7, Proverbs 19:22, _rash, _which signifie

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Better is the poor that walks in his integrity [or in honesty], than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 12:9; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 27:11; Is

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hasteth — That rashly and headily rushes into actions....

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