Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)

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

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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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And this is my prayer: that your love(A) may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,(B)

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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

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20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(A)

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20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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For I can testify about them that they are zealous(A) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

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For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.(A)

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And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(A) a tested stone,(B)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(C)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(D)

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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: he that believeth shall not make haste.

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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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The Conclusion of the Matter

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.(A)

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And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

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Do not be quickly provoked(A) in your spirit,
    for anger resides in the lap of fools.(B)

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)

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22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

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