Parallel Verses

NET Bible

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

New American Standard Bible

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Even zeal is not good without knowledge,
and the one who acts hastily sins.

International Standard Version

Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

A Conservative Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).

Bible in Basic English

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Darby Translation

Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

Julia Smith Translation

Also the soul without knowledge is not good, and he hastening with his feat, sins.

King James 2000

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

Modern King James verseion

Also without knowledge the soul is not good, and he who hurries with his feet sins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well; and whoso is swift on foot, stumbleth hastily.

New Heart English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

Webster

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

World English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Also, that the soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

it is not good
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

and he that hasteth
אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

with his feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool. 2 It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices. 3 A person's folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 29:20

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Job 31:5

If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit --

Proverbs 1:16

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Proverbs 10:21

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 14:29

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:22

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

Hosea 4:6

You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

Romans 10:2

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

Philippians 1:9

And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

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