Proverbs 19:2
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2 Desire without knowledge is not good,
and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.(A)
Philippians 1:9
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9 And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(A)
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Proverbs 29:20
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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)
Romans 10:2
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2 For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.(A)
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John 16:3
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3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.(A)
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Hosea 4:6
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6 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)
Isaiah 28:16
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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)
Footnotes
- 28.16 Q mss Compare Syr Tg: MT he laid
Proverbs 28:20
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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)
Ecclesiastes 12:9
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Epilogue
9 Besides being wise, the Teacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
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9 Do not be quick to anger,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(A)
Proverbs 28:22
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22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich
and does not know that loss is sure to come.
Proverbs 25:8
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8 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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- 25.8 Cn: Heb or else
Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding,
but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly.(A)
Proverbs 1:16
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16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(A)
Proverbs 10:21
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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of sense.
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.(A)
Job 31:5
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5 “If I have walked with falsehood,
and my foot has hurried to deceit—(A)
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