Proverbs 19:2

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; but if it be "without knowledge" of piety, the right end of action, and the right guide to that end, all other goods are not good to it. Riches, honours, etc., do it more harm than good. Without knowledge of God, His works, and His will, to guide the soul, it becomes brutish, and leads 'the feet' to "not good" but 'sin,' as the second clause states. AND HE THAT HASTETH WITH HIS FEET SINNETH - or 'misseth his aim' (Hebrew, chowTee' (H2398)) - the aim which he sought by haste. 'Hasting with the feet' is acting "without knowledge," to which, in the first clause, it corresponds. As "the soul" is the cause or source of actions, so the ...

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 soul?" The soul was made for God; and to be without his _knowledge_, to be _unacquainted with him_, is not only _not good_, but the _greatest_ _evil_ the soul can suffer, for it involves all other evils. The _Chaldee_ and _Syriac_ have: "He who knows not his own soul, it is not good to him." "Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well." - _Coverdale_. _AND HE THAT HASTETH WITH_ HIS _FEET SINNETH._] And this will be the case with him who is not Divinely instructed. A _child_ does nothing _cautiously_, becau

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 signifies "poor" in opposition to "rich." In the present reading of the second clause, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool, there seems to be a failure in antithesis, unless we can understand the fool as a rich fool. This, the repetition of the maxim in Proverbs 28:6 ("Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich"), would lead one to admit. The Vulgate accordingly has, Quam dives torquem

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 and condition, and the danger it is in, and the only way of attaining the salvation of it; AND HE THAT HASTETH WITH [HIS] FEET SINNETH; who engages in anything ignorantly and rashly, he misses t...

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 fretting against the Lord; warning against false witness and speaking lies and other matters. We call special attention to Proverbs 19:12 . _ The King's wrath is as the roaring of a lion._ But his favour is as dew upon the grass. It may be applied to Him who is The Lamb of God and also the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Some day He will roar in His displeasure and manifest the wrath, so well deserved by the world. But even then His grace will be revealed, for in wrath He will remember mercy, the mercy promised to Israel. “I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth its roots as Lebanon”...

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. FOOL: read rich, as in Proverbs 28:6. Proverbs 19:2 a. Both RV and RVm are unsound grammatically. The lit. rendering shows that the clause is defective, Also without knowledge of the soul. is not good. Some verb expressing action is required. Proverbs 19:2 b. sinneth: read _mg._ The idea is more haste less speed.

NOT GOOD. Illustrations: Syrians (1 Kings 20:28); Jews (Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 5:13); Saul (1 Timothy 1:13.Acts 26:11; Acts 26:11); People and Priests (Hosea 4:6); Pharisees (Matthew 12:7); Judah (Hosea 6:6); Peter ...

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 not good; And he that hasteth with his feet misseth _his way_." "The soul," however fervently and however rightly it desires, needs knowledge to bring its desires to good effect. "Holy desires" must be directed by "good counsels," if they are to issue in "just works." And to start hastily on our path, whether material or moral, without such knowledge and counsel, is to miss our way; to wander, or to sin. _sinneth_ Lit. MISSETH THE MARK. Comp. Judges 20:16....

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 the acquirement of it; no expense too large — — — It is that which, more than any thing else, raises a man in public estimation, and gives him influence in the world [Note: If this were a subject for a Commemoration Sermon, before a Learned Body, the use and excellency of Learning should be largely opened, and form the first head of the Discourse. The second head would be. The superior importance of divine knowledge.] — — — There is, however, a knowledge which is far from being duly appreciated; I mean, that which relates to the concerns of the soul. Yet is this, beyond all comparison, more important than the other. For this, St. Paul counted all things but as dross and dung.

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 Patrick, observes two great springs of all our miscarriages; want of understanding, and want of deliberation. To make too much haste in a business is the way not to succeed; and to run blindly upon any thing is no less prejudicial to us in our undertakings. Both he that effects things without knowledge, and he that pursues what he understands without deliberation, runs into many mistakes, and commits many sins: for which the wise man shews in the next verse they must blame none but themselves; and never reflect upon God, as if he were negligent of them or hard to them; which men are prone to think when they have foolishly undone themselves....