2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2)Two things are here declared to be of bad consequence:—1. Ignorance: To be without the knowledge of the soul is not good , so some read it. Know we not our own selves, our own hearts? A soul without knowledge is not good ; it is a great privilege that we have souls, but, if these souls have not knowledge, what the better are we? If man has not understanding, he is as the beasts , Ps. 49:20. An ign…
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