² Desire without knowledge is not good,
    and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.^(A)

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

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)

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)

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