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Desire without knowledge is not good,
    and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.

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

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The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.(A)

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

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And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(A)

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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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20 Do you see someone who is hasty in speech?
    There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.(A)

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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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For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A)

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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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And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.(A)

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

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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge!
    Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you from being a priest to me;
and since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    I also will forget your children.(A)

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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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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
“See, I am laying[a] in Zion a foundation stone,
    a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
    ‘One who trusts will not panic.’(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28.16 Q mss Compare Syr Tg: MT he laid

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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20 The faithful will abound with blessings,
    but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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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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Epilogue

Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.(A)

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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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Do not be quick to anger,
    for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(A)

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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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22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
    and does not know that loss is sure to come.

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

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

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  1. 25.8 Cn: Heb or else

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